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Committee OKs limits on THC content in hemp products; Department of Agriculture testing capacity cited
Summary
Senate Bill 254, which proposes numerical limits on total THC in consumable hemp products (including gummies, beverages and topicals) and codifies rules for testing multiple THC isomers, passed the committee after sponsor testimony and a multi-stakeholder hearing.
A Georgia Senate committee voted to pass Senate Bill 254, a measure that would codify numerical limits for total THC in various classes of hemp-derived consumer products and clarify that multiple THC isomers (for example, delta-8, delta-9 and delta-10) fall under the statutory limits.
Sponsor Sen. Summers said the bill builds on Department of Agriculture rules and would set per-serving and per-container caps for commonly sold product types: 10 milligrams of total THC per serving for gummies (with a per-package cap referenced in testimony at 150–300 milligrams), beverages capped at 5 milligrams of total THC per 12-ounce container (the department's earlier rule had allowed 10 mg per 12 oz), and…
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