4-41a-603. Cannabis product -- Product quality.

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Effective 5/3/2023

(1)A cannabis processing facility:

(a)may not produce a cannabis product in a physical form that:

(i)the facility knows or should know appeals to children;

(ii)is designed to mimic or could be mistaken for a candy product; or

(iii)for a cannabis product used in vaporization, includes a candy-like flavor or another flavor that the facility knows or should know appeals to children;

(b)notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a)(iii) , may produce a concentrated oil with a flavor that the department approves to facilitate minimizing the taste or odor of cannabis; and

(c)shall ensure that batch heavy metal testing is conducted on any vaporizer cartridge that is used with a cannabis product.

(2)A cannabis product may vary in the cannabis product's labeled cannabinoid profile by up to 10% of the indicated amount of a given cannabinoid, by weight.

(3)A cannabis processing facility shall isolate any artificially derived cannabinoid to a purity of greater than 95%, as determined by an independent cannabis testing laboratory using liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy or an equivalent method.

(4)The department shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act , to:

(a)adopt human safety standards for the manufacturing of cannabis products that are consistent with best practices for the use of cannabis; and

(b)further define standards regarding products that may appeal to children under Subsection (1)(a) .

(5)Nothing in this section prohibits a sugar coating on a gelatinous cube, gelatinous rectangular cuboid, or lozenge to mask the product's taste, subject to the limitations on form and appearance described in Subsections (1)(a) and (4)(b) .

Amended by Chapter 313 , 2023 General Session