<span class="link_user">@m0use</span>, DAT IS FALSE STATEMENT!!!! CANNABIS ACT AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE CANNABIS ACT, IT IS ILLEGAL TO IMPORT INTO CANADA, OR EXPORT FROM CANADA, CANNABIS WITHOUT A VALID PERMIT OR EXEMPTION ISSUED BY HEALTH CANADA . THIS APPLIES TO ALL FORMS OF CANNABIS, INCLUDING SEEDS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR THC CONTENT. THE ILLEGAL IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF CANNABIS IS CONSIDERED A SERIOUS OFFENSE. INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND SEEDS WHILE INDUSTRIAL HEMP, DEFINED AS A CANNABIS PLANT WITH 0.3% THC OR LESS IN ITS FLOWERING HEADS AND LEAVES, IS REGULATED DIFFERENTLY FOR DOMESTIC CULTIVATION AND CERTAIN DERIVATIVES,
INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND SEEDS WHILE INDUSTRIAL HEMP, DEFINED AS A CANNABIS PLANT WITH 0.3% THC OR LESS IN ITS FLOWERING HEADS AND LEAVES, IS REGULATED DIFFERENTLY FOR DOMESTIC CULTIVATION AND CERTAIN DERIVATIVES, THE IMPORTATION OF ITS SEEDS IS STILL CONTROLLED. THE INDUSTRIAL HEMP REGULATIONS AUTHORIZE THE IMPORTING AND EXPORTING OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP SEED OR GRAIN, BUT THIS REQUIRES SPECIFIC LICENSES AND PERMITS . TO IMPORT INDUSTRIAL HEMP SEEDS OR GRAIN, YOU MUST:
HOLD A LICENSE FROM HEALTH CANADA.
HAVE AN IMPORT PERMIT ISSUED BY HEALTH CANADA FOR THAT SPECIFIC SHIPMENT.
POTENTIALLY OBTAIN AN IMPORT OR EXPORT PERMIT FROM THE OTHER COUNTRY, DEPENDING ON THEIR REGULATIONS.
FURTHERMORE, LEGAL SEED IMPORTERS MUST REGISTER WITH THE CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY (CFIA) AND COMPLY WITH THEIR RULES AND POLICIES. ALL IMPORTED SEEDS MUST BE CLEANED (FREE OF SOIL, PLANT DEBRIS) AND ACCOMPANIED BY A PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE.
PERSONAL VS. COMMERCIAL IMPORTATION INDIVIDUALS ARE GENERALLY PROHIBITED FROM IMPORTING INDUSTRIAL HEMP INTO CANADA. THE REGULATIONS PRIMARILY CATER TO COMMERCIAL IMPORTERS WHO HOLD THE NECESSARY HEALTH CANADA LICENSES AND SPECIFIC IMPORT PERMITS FOR EACH SHIPMENT. THESE PERMITS ARE VALID FOR A ONE-TIME SPECIFIC SHIPMENT AND THE AMOUNT CANNOT EXCEED WHAT IS SPECIFIED ON THE PERMIT.
CBD AND PHYTOCANNABINOIDS IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALL PHYTOCANNABINOIDS, INCLUDING CBD, ARE REGULATED UNDER THE CANNABIS ACT. EVEN IF SEEDS ARE MARKETED AS "CBD SEEDS" WITH LOW THC, THEY ARE STILL SUBJECT TO THE SAME STRICT IMPORT AND EXPORT CONTROLS AS OTHER CANNABIS PRODUCTS
THEREFORE, WHILE THE THC CONTENT OF THE SEEDS IS A FACTOR IN HOW THE PLANT MIGHT BE REGULATED DOMESTICALLY ONCE GROWN (E.G., AS INDUSTRIAL HEMP), IT DOES NOT EXEMPT THE SEEDS THEMSELVES FROM THE STRICT IMPORT REGULATIONS UNDER THE CANNABIS ACT. ANY IMPORTATION OF CANNABIS SEEDS INTO CANADA REQUIRES EXPLICIT AUTHORIZATION FROM HEALTH CANADA IN THE FORM OF A VALID PERMIT, TYPICALLY ISSUED TO LICENSED COMMERCIAL ENTITIES FOR MEDICAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES, OR FOR INDUSTRIAL HEMP CULTIVATION UNDER SPECIFIC CONDITIONS.