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Thailands Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has called on cannabis and hemp-based cosmetics manufacturers to register online for approval within three days.

The Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) has urged Thai farmers to grow hemp, cannabis and green chiretta (fah talai jone) using high technology to boost their incomes. The study of kratom would also be conducted with the aim of achieving sales of THB8 billion from exporting these herbs.

Anne Jakkrajutatip, Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of JKN Global Media Plc, is developing food supplements and healthy drinks made from hemp following the Thai government's recent announcement in regulating hemp. JKN will partner with a renowned manufacturer DOD Biotech Plc to produce 10 hemp-based products. 

Thailand’s move to turn cannabis into a cash crop gets underway in earnest on Friday (March 5), with the “360° Cannabis & Hemp for the People" expo in Buriram.

Use of the whole cannabis and hemp plants as food ingredients is prohibited but parts of them are allowed under some conditions, the Ministry of Public Health said in an announcement on food ingredients that are prohibited for sale or import for the safety of consumers.

Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of non-addictive parts of cannabis and hemp plants, hemp seed oil and protein from hemp seed in food products, under certain conditions.

The Golden Triangle Group (GTG) announced on Thursday that it has been successful in growing the “Raksa” variation of cannabis, which carries up to 15.8 per cent cannabidiol (CBD) extract in its flower.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has clarified doubts on seeking permission to grow or import hemp on Saturday.

Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow government agencies, private companies, farmers and the public to apply to grow hemp from January 29 after the Public Health Ministry removed the plant species from the category V narcotics list in November.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalised the regulation draft that will remove cannabis and hemp from Thailand’s list of narcotics, permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, Dr Kiattiphum Wongrajit said.

Praphat Panyachatrak, president of the National Farmers Council (NFC), said the council hopes the new law that allows farmers to grow marijuana and hemp for export will be fully enacted next year.

The Department of Industrial Promotion (DIP) has been tasked with coming up with innovative machinery for research and production of hemp fibre in line with international standards now that the market for it has grown at 5 per cent yearly.