These are the hemp products that could be banned by Congress

(The Hill) -- A last-minute amendment slipped into the bill that ended the government shutdown has thrown the hemp industry and its consumers into a panic as popular products stand to be banned in a year’s time.

The amendment, which is set to go in effect in a year, bans the sale of hemp products with over 0.4 milligrams per container of total delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — a psychoactive cannabinoid, or compound found in the cannabis plant. It also instates the same milligram cap for cannabinoids with similar effects in products, and bans cannabinoids synthesized or manufactured outside of the plant.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will publish a list within 90 days that includes synthetic and natural cannabinoids and provide a definition of “container” — essentially clarif