Cannabis could be used in food.
The Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, headed this Thursday the extraordinary meeting of the National Food Commission (Conal) in which the use of Cannabis Sativa L. in food and its subsequent incorporation into the Argentine Food Code was analyzed (CAA).
“The possibility of incorporating the use of cannabidiol in food into the Argentine Food Code is a huge opportunity from what is production, development and industry and, of course, it is also a boost to the economy”Vizzotti said during the opening of the meeting held at the Kirchner Cultural Center.
The minister indicated that regulating the incorporation of the parts, derivatives and by-products of Cannabis Sativa L., to food, “It will allow promoting the development of regional economies dedicated to this productive sector and accompany existing national regulations.”
Vizzotti also referred to the new regulation of Law 27,350 and highlighted “the role of the national State to promote a regulation that expands rights and has an empathetic look in relation to what is a law for the medicinal use of cannabis and research”.
In this sense, he pondered that during the current administration “work was done with civil society, REPROCANN (Registry of the Cannabis Program) was created, seed laundering was carried out that allowed them to start buying legal and quality seeds for self-cultivation and more than 50 research projects were approved in all the provinces”, for which he summarized: “It really began to generate a State policy”.
Within this framework, the head of the health portfolio valued the sanction, in May of this year, of Law 27,669 that provides a regulatory framework for the development of the medical cannabis and industrial hemp industry, and emphasized that “this law , which we’re working to regulate, brings a much bigger opportunity in terms of what production means.”
For his part, The Secretary of Quality in Health, Alejandro Collia, pointed out that “throughout this year multiple actions have been carried out that have resulted in the possibility of enriching what makes food in the Argentine Republic” and stressed that this day “gives value to a job that the minister has been leading, with colleagues who have enormous experience and with other areas of the Government.”
The official added: “There are few countries in the world that are regulating the possibility of incorporating cannabis into food, and Salud has been leading actions that are recognized globally and regionally.”
In turn, the Secretary of Agriculture, Juan José Bahillo, stated that “the development of cannabis has been providing job opportunities, for us it is crucial to continue working in this chain, as we have been doing with Inase (National Seed Institute) and Senasa ( National Service of Health and Food Quality), in coordination with Health and the rest of the organizations that make up the Conal”.
“We have already delivered the first nine certificates of ownership of the cannabis varieties registered in Argentina, marking a historic milestone for this Government in support of the development of this new production”the official said.
