Absinthe in the US
by admin on Jun.07, 2007, under absinthe
I wrote a while back that Lucid Absinthe had been approved for sale in the US, but there were no details available on precisely why it had been approved, and what the actual thujone content of the product is. More information has come to light, which includes good news for all you American lovers of absinthe.
Due to some successful lobbying on the part of the distributor, “thujone free” has been administratively redefined from the prior standard of <1ppm to a much higher <10ppm in the finished product. Many traditionally made absinthes fall within this range; though no specific products other than Lucid have been announced, the word on the street is that two others have gone through the approval process successfully.
