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The company had hoped to receive accreditation last year, but Covid-19 restrictions prevented inspectors from travelling to Lesotho in June. The company is optimistic accreditation will open doors to business with more EU countries and other international markets. It has already received inquiries from France, the UK and Australia. A report in August last year forecast the European cannabis market will be worth $37m (£26m) by 2027. Located 2,000m above sea level in the mountain region just outside the capital Maseru, the company employs 250 people on its 5,000 sq metre farm. But it has plans...

Lesotho manufacturer gets green light to export cannabis to EU MG Health has been positioned as the first manufacturer in Africa able to export medicinal cannabis to the EU PREMIUM By ALISTAIR ANDERSON - 16 April 2021 Lesotho-based cultivator and manufacturer of medicinal cannabis flower, extracts and oils, MG Health, on Thursday announced it had received official confirmation that its manufacturing processes were aligned with the EU’s good manufacturing practice standards... This article is reserved for DispatchLIVE subscribers. Get access to ALL DispatchLIVE content from o...

The First African Cannabis-grower to Win European Union Permission to Export 4 hours ago 1 min read Share with your network! Lesotho start-up MG will export cannabis flower for medicinal use – which can range from relieving chronic pain to treating spasms caused by multiple sclerosis. Lesotho has helped pioneer the nascent legal cannabis sector in Africa which could be worth more than $7.1 billion annually by 2023 if new laws are introduced, the African Cannabis Report said two years ago....

MG Health becomes first African cannabis firm to get the EU Good Manufacturing Practices certification By Dineo Faku Share JOHANNESBURG - LESOTHO-based cannabis producer, MG Health, has made history by becoming the first African company to receive confirmation of the European Union (EU) Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certification. GMP certification is the highest recognition available in the pharmaceutical space and less than 20 companies worldwide meet the stringent GMP standards. The certification paved the way for cannabis exports to Germany and the wider EU market, the four-year-old ...

  A Lesotho-based manufacturer has been allowed to export cannabis products for medicinal use to the European Union (EU). The firm, MG Health, said on Thursday that it had received official confirmation that its manufacturing processes were aligned with the EU’s good manufacturing practice standards. It becomes the first manufacturer in Africa to export medicinal cannabis flower to the EU. "What this means is that we have authorisation to export our products as an API [active pharmaceutical ingredient] into Germany and the wider European market. We expect to start in June," the Reuters new...