The National Food Commission (CONAL in Spanish) published a project (files EX-2020-126856186) to include hemp seeds and products derived from hemp in the Argentine Food Code.
Article 1. Replace Article 917, Chapter XI: “Plant foods”, of the Argentine Food Code, which shall be worded as follows:
“Article 917: The edible seeds are the following:
Hemp – Cannabis Sativa L.
Article 2. Article 917 bis is hereby incorporated into Chapter XI: “Plant Food” of the Argentine Food Code, which shall be worded as follows: “Article 917 bis: With the denomination of hemp seeds are understood the healthy, clean and well preserved seeds of the different varieties of the vegetable species Cannabis Sativa L. that do not express more than 1% of delta-9 tetrahydroxyethylene (delta-9 tetrahydroxyethylene).
of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), authorized by the competent authority for food use.