Latest / NRBC Compliance Brief / Vol. 1, Ed. 32 — Tue Sep 15: Ban on Canadian alcohol imports begins September 29
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- This is the New Realm Compliance Brief, Volume One, Edition Thirty-Two, for Tuesday, September Fifteenth. Our top story: a presidential proclamation published in the Federal Register on Monday will exclude certain Canadian packaged alcoholic beverages — beer, wine, spirits and liqueurs — from importation into the United States, effective twelve-oh-one a.m. Eastern on September twenty-ninth. The proclamation cites Saskatchewan's fifty percent levy on U.S. alcoholic beverages and what it describes as Canada's failure to honor earlier commitments on beverage trade. Products imported but not yet entered for consumption before September twenty-ninth remain subject to a fifty percent duty instead of the ban. Also at the federal level, a companion proclamation effective today modifies the list of Canadian goods subject to the additional fifty percent duties, keeping most categories in place while removing a small set of products, including whiskey and liqueurs in containers over four liters. Around the states: In New York, the deputy secretary for gaming, cannabis and alcohol said unlicensed sales of hemp T-H-C beverages in grocery and convenience stores are a real public health risk, and signaled the drinks are likely to become an enforcement target. In Missouri, businesses are preparing for state rules taking effect November twelfth that reclassify hemp-derived T-H-C products above zero point four milligrams per container as marijuana, moving them to licensed dispensaries, with hemp T-H-C drinks remaining available until the federal deadline of December eleventh. And San Francisco officials have proposed operating rules for cannabis cafes, with public comment open through September twenty-fifth. On the radar: the federal ban on intoxicating hemp products takes effect December eleventh after a four-week delay signed earlier this month, and the Canadian import exclusion begins September twenty-ninth. Full details and source links are in today's email. This update is for general information only — it is not legal advice.