The Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade has published Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 511:2023. Hemp. Derivatives and products of sanitary interest that contain hemp. Administrative provisions, sanitary registration, labelling, specifications, control and advertising. The purpose of the notified technical regulation is to establish the administrative provisions and requirements governing the regulation and control of plant material, derivatives and products of sanitary interest that contain hemp. It applies to derivatives and products of sanitary interest that contain hemp: food, cosmetics, dietary supplements, hygiene products, pesticides for domestic or professional use, hazardous chemicals, and biomedical equipment and material.

Applies to derivatives and products of health interest with hemp: food, cosmetics, dietary supplements, hygiene products, pesticides for domestic or professional use, hazardous chemicals, biomedical equipment and material.

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.