>To: Biofuel-JTF <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> >From: "Neoteric Biofuels Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:58:01 -0800 >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: HempCar Rag... >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > >Canadian Company Will Sue to Prove Hemp is Not Pot > >"CHATHAM, Ontario, Canada, January 14, 2002 (ENS) - Kenex, Ltd., a Canadian >agricultural firm that grows and processes hemp oil, seed and fiber products >in Canada for distribution throughout the United States, has filed a notice >of intent to sue the U.S. government under the North American Free Trade >Agreement (NAFTA)".... > > >...The government of Canada, in response to the DEA's new rule, stated that, >"In reviewing the interim rule there is no evidence that the effective ban >on relevant Canadian food products on the U.S. market is based on any risk >assessment. Therefore, Canada objects to these measures." ... > >...British businesswoman Anita Roddick, an investor in Kenex and founder of >The Body Shop, which markets a successful line of hemp oil based cosmetics, >said, "The blind prejudice and bloodymindedness of the DEA takes my breath >away, especially when its actions are in direct contradiction to Congress. >This is one instance when we have to invoke NAFTA. Without its protection, >the future is bleak for hemp companies like Kenex." ... > > > > >"In addition to its recent attempt to ban the sale of hemp foods, the U.S. >is the only major industrialized nation to prohibit the growing and >processing of hemp. " > >http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jan2002/2002L-01-14-05.html >--------------------------
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