The Texas Commercial Feed Control Act assigned the Texas Feed and Fertilizer Control Service to establish rules for the use of hemp and hemp products in commercial feed in the forms of hempseed meal and hempseed oil.
The Control Service has defined the two hempseed derivatives as ingredients in feed for all life cycles and categories of horses and chickens in the state.
The Texas Hemp Growers Association submitted a risk assessment to the Control Service in 2022 that started the ingredient review and approval process. The risk assessment was based on research into hempseed products conducted at Tarleton State University.
As hemp-containing products or animals have proliferated, the U.S. feed industry, feed regulators and animal health officials have pushed for more research to develop uniform rules.
Article sourced from Hemp Today
Photo by: Eberhard Grossgasteiger
