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CANNABIS SATIVA L PRODUCTS: PROHIBITION NOTICE WITHDRAWN
- 09 April 2025
- Health & Safety
- SA Legal Academy
The Department of Health has gazetted a notice withdrawing regulations published on 7 March 2025 under the 1972 Foodstuffs, Cosmetics & Disinfectants Act. The new regulations prohibited the sale, import or manufacture of all foodstuffs containing any part of/component derived from the cannabis and/or hemp genus, Cannabis Sativa L. The ban also applied to hemp seed oil and hemp seed flour with ingredients derived from Cannabis Sativa L.
As SA Legal Academy reported at the time, on 26 March 2025 the Presidency issued a announcing that Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi had undertaken to withdraw the regulations and to consult more broadly before publishing a revised version.
The Minister has now fulfilled his commitment.
- Government Gazette notice
- 26 March 2025 Presidency media statement
- withdrawn regulations
Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch
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