EU to carry out kava study: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/270492/eu-to-carry-out-kava-study
Great news! (hopefully)
"The ambassador, Roy Mickey Joy, says the European Union has agreed to consider a submission to the Technical Barriers to Trade programme and will appoint a legal firm to carry out a kava study.
This, he says, will take seven months and take into account legal, scientific and trade aspects of kava.
He says a two-day conference is planned in Brussels involving Pacific kava producers, with its outcome to be shared with the firm conducting the kava investigation.
This is expected to lead to a ministerial conference on kava, to be able to agree on a roadmap that would address the kava ban in Germany.
It would also look at market and quality issues, so that the product can be exported globally."
Ps. kava is no longer "banned" in Germany
Great news! (hopefully)
"The ambassador, Roy Mickey Joy, says the European Union has agreed to consider a submission to the Technical Barriers to Trade programme and will appoint a legal firm to carry out a kava study.
This, he says, will take seven months and take into account legal, scientific and trade aspects of kava.
He says a two-day conference is planned in Brussels involving Pacific kava producers, with its outcome to be shared with the firm conducting the kava investigation.
This is expected to lead to a ministerial conference on kava, to be able to agree on a roadmap that would address the kava ban in Germany.
It would also look at market and quality issues, so that the product can be exported globally."
Ps. kava is no longer "banned" in Germany