AUSTIN — The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) adopted two emergency rules today that prohibit TABC-licensed businesses from selling consumable hemp products to customers under 21 and require them to check a customer’s ID before completing the sale. The emergency rules are part of TABC’s implementation of Executive Order GA-56, which requires the agency — along with the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) — to enforce a prohibition on selling consumable hemp products to minors, among other requirements. More information about TABC’s regulation of consumable hemp products and other actions to comply with the directives in Executive Order GA-56 can be found on the agency’s new Consumable Hemp Products page. For information on licensing and registration, labeling, and other regulations for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of consumable hemp, visit the DSHS Consumable Hemp Program page. To learn more about growing, harvesting, handling, and transporting industrial hemp, visit the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Industrial Hemp Program page.