Canadian firm Fresh Hemp Foods submitted separate GRAS notices for hemp seed, protein and oil FDA Office of Food Additives. In each notice, firm says each hemp seed format is derived from varieties of cannabis sativa L. with low THC content, known as industrial hemp, that hemp seeds do not produce THC and that THC present in dehulled hemp seed comes from contact between the seeds and cannabinoid-containing resins from other plant parts during growth, harvest and processing.
Fresh Hemp Foods Ltd.'s generally regarded as safe notices for hemp seed, protein and oil were the first to receive no questions from FDA even though US consumers already can choose from a wide variety of nutritional supplements and food products made with the ingredients.
Fresh Hemp Foods, which is based on Winnipeg and does business as Manitoba Harvest, submitted separate GRAS notices in March and April for hemp seed and for protein and