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Guidance Document for the Industrial Hemp Regulations - Application for an Industrial Hemp Licence
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(PDF Version - 273 K)This document has no official legal status. It is a reference document and appropriate official documents should be consulted.
This guidance document was written as a companion to the Industrial Hemp Regulations to provide guidance on meeting the regulatory requirements under these Regulations.
For further information regarding this document or the Industrial Hemp Regulations, please contact the Industrial Hemp Section, Licences and Permits Division, Office of Controlled Substances, Drug Strategy and Controlled Substances Programme, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada:
Website: www.healthcanada.gc.ca/hemp
Tel.: (613) 954-6524
Fax: (613) 941-5360
Email: hemp@hc-sc.gc.ca
Table of Contents
- Purpose
- Background
- Scope
- General Information
- Application for an Industrial Hemp Licence
- Information for Corporations, Cooperatives and Partnerships
- Applicant Contact Information
- Cultivation / Plant Breeding of Industrial Hemp
- Approved Cultivar / Variety
- Acreage and Land Ownership
- GPS Coordinates
- Guidelines for Industrial Hemp Field Maps
- Activities to be Specified on the Licence
- Records and Storage Locations
- Exportation of Industrial Hemp
- Importation of Industrial Hemp Seed and/or Viable Grain
- Processing Industrial Hemp
- Industrial Hemp Viability Testing Laboratory
- Production of Derivatives and/or Products
- Application Certification
- Submission
Appendix 1 - Forms, Definitions, and Examples of Industrial Hemp
