Utah Code § 4-41a-603

Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 4-41a-603 - Cannabis product - Product quality
(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).

Utah Code § 4-41a-603

Amended by Chapter 313, 2023 General Session ,§ 7, eff. 5/3/2023.
Amended by Chapter 290, 2022 General Session ,§ 12, eff. 3/23/2022.
Amended by Chapter 350, 2021 General Session ,§ 10, eff. 3/17/2021.
Amended by Chapter 12, 2020 General Session ,§ 12, eff. 2/28/2020.
Renumbered from §4-41b-603 and amended by Chapter 1, 2018SP3 General Session ,§ 25, eff. 12/3/2018.
Added by Utah Proposition 2, Medical Marijuana Initiative (2018), approved by the voters at the general election held on 11/6/2018, and effective 12/1/2018.