Oh, SNAP! Might Congress Finally Level the SNAP Retailer Playing Field?

April 11, 2024

Few Americans are aware that a federal agency, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), makes decisions that often result in...

Uncategorized

CANNASWEEP

April 5, 2024

The Big Problem for Marijuana Companies? What to Do With All That Cash. Few banks will work with cannabis upstarts—but...

Food Manufacturing, Processing, and Marketing

The Emerging Legal Impacts of Generative AI on Patents and Trademarks: A Symposium with the USPTO and U.S. Copyright Office

April 2, 2024

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems become increasingly powerful and widespread, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is...

USDA

March Food and Agriculture Regulatory Recap

April 1, 2024

On March 18, 2024, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published the Final Rule, “Voluntary Labeling of FSIS-Regulated Products...

For Export

U.S. Preliminarily Finds Countervailable Subsidies are Being Provided to Producers and Exporters of Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Ecuador, India and Vietnam but not Indonesia

March 28, 2024

On March 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued unpublished preliminary affirmative determinations in the countervailing duty (“CVD”)...

Cannabis

CANNASWEEP

March 22, 2024

Handheld Marijuana Vaporizer Market Size to Hit USD 15.9 billion by 2031, Projected a 13.4% CAGR – Report by Transparency...

Customs and Trade

Trade Update: CPSC Urges Importers, Distributors, and Retailers to Stop Importing, Distributing, and Selling Roller Ball Candy-type Products

March 21, 2024

Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury...

Cannabis

CANNASWEEP

March 15, 2024

Biden also tweeted during the SOTU, “No one should be jailed just for using or possessing marijuana.” Does Biden overpromise,...

USDA

Shipping Grains for Sale in Foreign Commerce: What Exporters Need to Know

March 12, 2024

While many requirements pertaining to exported goods are imposed by the importing country, in the case of exporting grains, the...

Cannabis

CANNASWEEP

March 8, 2024

Options for buying a cannabis business in a dry capital market. Other Noteworthy Updates It’s 2024 And federal Law...

USDA

February Food and Agriculture Regulatory Recap

March 1, 2024

On February 16, 2024, USDA-FSIS announced that in the coming weeks, the agency will be soliciting feedback from small and...

Cannabis

CANNASWEEP

February 29, 2024

In a study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, researchers from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and other...

Cannabis

CannaSweep’s Congressional Bill Tracker Can Enhance Your Cannabis Business

February 26, 2024

The cannabis industry is one of the most dynamic and complex sectors in the country, with varying degrees of legalization...

Cannabis

CANNASWEEP

February 23, 2024

Cannabis stocks eye US Federal legalization after difficult year. Other Noteworthy Updates USDA’s National Weekly Hemp Report continued to report...

USDA

Association Events Targeted for Scams

February 23, 2024

Since the beginning of 2024, our Trade Association professionals have seen an increase in scammers targeting persons who may be...

Cannabis

CANNASWEEP

February 16, 2024

Cornerstone Risk Solutions, a subsidiary of IMA Financial Group, today announced the launch of CLIC Risk Retention Group Inc. (CLIC RRG), to...

Cannabis

CANNASWEEP

February 9, 2024

Q&A with Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America’s (WSWA) President and CEO Francis Creighton – responding to a question about...

Cannabis

CANNASWEEP

February 2, 2024

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) cited cannabis banking legislation as a way for bipartisan collaboration on his panel. Other...