WSDA - Webinar

Stakeholder engagement is a vital component of the rule making process.The Department is planning multiple stakeholder meetings throughout the development of this rule to discuss the different aspects of the required amendments and is actively encouraging stakeholders to participate in those meetings. WSDA Rulemaking Website

Join us for three presentations, two discussing different perspectives for exporting hemp, as well as an update on CBD in manufactured foods from our food safety program. Announcement (Feb 22, 2021)

This webinar will include 3 presentations, "General Nursery Licensing and Regulations for those Producing Hemp Plants for Sale," from Benita Matheson, "Hemp Pests of Quarantine Concern," by Cindy Cooper, and "What is Certified Seed?" by Paula Moore. We'll have time for Q&A as well. Announcement (Feb 22, 2021)

Presentations from our Pesticide Management Division, as well as our Organic and Transitional Certification Division with time for Q&A, an opportunity for hemp producers to learn more about the different divisions at WSDA and how they interact with the hemp plant and program. Announcement (Feb 22, 2021)

Jessica Allenton, Assistant Director of the Commodity Inspection Division, and Trecia Ehrlich, Hemp Program Manager, will provide updates on the hemp program for the 2021 growing season. Updates will include an overview of the USDA final rule, a timeline for a year in the life of a hemp producer, an introduction of our new hemp … Continued

From the RFQQ, p. 3: The purpose of this RFQQ is to procure laboratory testing services for the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) Commodity Inspection Division’s Hemp Program... WSDA intends on contracting with analytical labs to provide post-decarboxylation Δ9- Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinolic Acid (THC-A) percentage testing on industrial hemp samples provided by WSDA. The … Continued