Minnesota beverage manufacturers and retailers are sounding the alarm over legislation passed by Congress this week that they say would effectively shut down the state’s thriving THC beverage and edible market.

A provision tucked into the bill that ended the lengthy federal government shutdown would ban products containing more than 0.4 milligrams of hemp-derived THC, significantly lower than the 5 milligrams per serving currently authorized under Minnesota state law.

The ban is set to take effect in one year, which beverage producers say sets up a life-or-death countdown for their businesses.

“If this goes through as it’s currently worded, there’s no chance we stay in business past that one-year mark,” said Drew Hurst, president and chief operating officer of Bauhaus Brew Labs in Minne

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