(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa businesses that make two beverages infused with a chemical derived from hemp are dropping their lawsuit against the state. A new state law that took effect in July lowered the amount of T-H-C from hemp that is legally allowed in a single serving. That made the companies’ products illegal.

The businesses sued, arguing Iowa’s law did not follow standards set by a 2018 federal law that legalized the commercial sale of hemp and hemp-based products. A federal judge refused to block Iowa’s law from going into effect, so breweries in Des Moines and Solon re-calibrated their “Climbing Kites” sparkling water and a North Liberty brewery that makes “Day Dreamer T-H-C seltzer changed that recipe to comply with Iowa’s law.