BY: REBECCA RIVASMissouri IndependentHemp-derived THC beverages could stay on Missouri shelves past Nov. 12 — the day the state’s ban on intoxicating hemp products takes effect — if Congress gives final approval to a short-term funding bill and the president signs it. It would also delay the federal ban on intoxicating hemp THC products until that date. Mike Kehoe signed a bill this spring to take all intoxicating hemp products off the shelves starting Nov. 12, largely aligning state law with the federal ban that Congress approved last year. But the state law carves out one exception: if Congress delays the federal ban, everything except intoxicating beverages is still banned in Missouri as scheduled. The association and a coalition of hemp businesses filed a federal lawsuit last month in an attempt to halt the state hemp ban from going into effect in November.