Frequently Asked Questions
Beginning October 1, 2024, all hemp products in GA must have a complaince full panel safety test that is traceable to the batch being sold. These tests are required by statute in GA to be a complaint hemp operator. These new requirements include mid-process and final packaged consumer products. Full panel COAs include cannabinoid/potency, pesticides, mycotoxins, microbial contaminations, foreign material contamination, residual solvents, and heavy metals. Labels should accurately reflect the COAs and have a QR code traceable to the COA. See additional information here.
YES! Hemp is a federally legal product, and our services are accredited and recognized nationally. If you have a compliance program specific to your state, please reach out to ensure we test according to your states standard, and in almost all cases we can happily accommodate slight differences in regulatory needs.
GA requires all final consumer hemp products to have a Total THC value of less than 0.3%
Total THC is a calculation from the sum of delta-9 THC and a percent THCA thought to have conversion potential.
The calculation is for Total THC is:
Total THC= delta-9 THC + THCa * (0.877)
You can find more inforamtion on Total THC in the USDA final rules.
Please click here to fill out our new hemp client information form and to request a new client information booklet. We are open in person from 8:30-5 M-F and welcome walk-ins for sample dropoff. Contact us for directions and location information.
Farming Resources:
UGA Extension office Hemp
https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=b1530
Georgia Hemp Program link
http://agr.georgia.gov/georgia-hemp-program.aspx
USDA Program link
https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/hemp
Interim Final Rule
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/31/2019-23749/establishment-of-a-domestic-hemp-production-program
Update on DEA registration requirements
https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/hemp/enforcement
Hemp Analytical Testing PowerPoint
https://www.uvm.edu/sites/default/files/media/SWaring_Hemp_Presentation.pdf
