The issue is not the use of hemp for food but the use of hemp foods as an excuse for failing urine tests. To support their corrupt drug testing industry, the DEA's answer is to attack hemp products and keep them off the market. Every company that wants to do anything with hemp seed is at great risk, criminally, civilly and economically as long as this policy is in place. What at first felt like a real victory turned into a small, micro win, leaving the most important issues on the table. We still have to comply with the Customs subpoenas that we received.
Product recalls are still in effect.
Others that try to import from places other than Kenex are taking a huge chance of being caught. We still can't assure customers that they are not subject to legal hassles and product recalls. It took ten years for us to get the larger food companies interested in hemp. The paranoia generated by the DEA's action will set us back many years. We are sunk if we can't change the situation soon, especially before the Natural Products Expo.