Medical cannabis to be exported from Israel

The Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, on December 25th, passed a bill that concerns the governance and regulatory aspects of exporting medical cannabis from Israel, said on Wednesday a manufacturer of automated commercial growing devices for medical grade cannabis, Seedo Corp.

Seedo said that the bill, which passed the Knesset’s internal affairs committee and two additional votes in the Knesset’s grand hall, authorizes the Israeli Police to conduct supervision and grant approvals for cultivating, growing and exporting of Cannabis and Cannabis related products, thus clearing a legal obstacle necessary for the final approval of export of medical cannabis from the country, which is expected during 2019.

Israeli Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel, said that Israel is a medical cannabis power. He praised the country’s progressive regulation as the ground for the Israeli research conditions for growth in the field being ahead 5-7 of most of the countries.

He said: “The products in Israel are manufactured according to strict production standards, on a medical level, like in the pharmaceutical industry – including strict security rules for the entire value chain, developed following inter-ministerial work which took place over a prolonged period of time.”

Seedo commented it’s good position for take advantage and leverage the opportunity to export medical grade cannabis, cultivated and grown by Seedo’s commercial auto-growing facility, which Seedo manufactures for the industrial sector.

The Automated growing facility is remotely controlled by algorithms that take into consideration multiple variables parameters data from within the facility, the company said. The automated growth ensures maximum yield of pesticide free, high quality medical grade cannabis which can be then processed and exported from Israel.

The company’s CEO, Said Zohar Levy, applauds the new legislation for removing the last standing legal obstacle which in the path towards approving export and singing it into Israeli law. He said: “By the end of the year 2019, Israeli companies will be able to take advantage of our edge technology and leverage the possibility to export high quality, pesticide free medical cannabis to the world. We are proud to be able to offer this solution to the local Israeli and international growers.”