# Hemp Products and Animal Health

> **NIH FDA R13** · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE · 2020 · $25,000

## Abstract

Conference on Hemp Products and Animal Health – Project Summary/Abstract
Project Director: Tong Wang, Professor, Food Science, University of Tennessee, 2510 River Drive,
Knoxville, TN 37996-4539, Ph 865-974-7279; twang46@utk.edu; Co-PD: David White, Associate Dean
of AgResearch (dwhite25@utk.edu, 865-974-5980)
We propose to host a conference on Hemp Products and Animal Health at University of Tennessee
Conference Center in fall 2020 or early spring 2021. This will be a 2.5-day conference with sessions on
(1) Hemp 101: Production, processing of CBD oil, grain hemp, quality control; (2) Basic biological
functions; (3) CBD/THC’s health impact on large/small/meat animals (brain, food intake, GI health,
inflammation, etc); and (4) Regulation on federal and local levels for feed and health supplements.
About 25 speakers who are leaders of scientific community and local and federal governmental
agencies have been invited to present at the conference.
Hemp is a rapidly growing industry. However, there are much less information on many fronts of the
science such as CBD’s processing, product quality, bioactivity in animals of various types, and global
and strategic views and directions to pursue. Grain hemp has been promoted as an alternative protein
and oil crop for human and as feed ingredients. However, their use in animal feed is not authorized. Pet
foods or feed that contain CBD must be regarded as adulterated. These are all because of the
unknown nature of these products. A thorough search on similar conference and subjects during the
last 3 years did not reveal any. There have been numerous Expos on upstream production and
products that are oriented toward producers. There are only a few in-depth scientific talks from some
scientific meetings, such as the 2019 Atlantic Veterinary Conference held on Oct 14-17.
The objectives of this conference are (1) to bring key scientists across multiple disciplines together to
discuss the current state of the science of hemp products, such as CBD, terpenes, and hemp grain
proteins on health of animals including pets, recreational breeds, and those raised for meat production;
and (2) to identify future research and development directions through the connections we will make
and a better understanding of the regulatory issues. The outcomes of this conference will yield a
coordinated blueprint outlining future research and regulatory needs and provide FDA, industry and
academia a much-needed public-private consortium whose focus will be synchronizing resources to fill
in missing data gaps surrounding the safe and efficacious use of hemp products in companion and food
producing animals.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10144868
- **Project number:** 1R13FD006966-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE
- **Principal Investigator:** Toni Wang
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $25,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-08-01 → 2021-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10144868

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10144868, Hemp Products and Animal Health (1R13FD006966-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10144868. Licensed CC0.

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