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O.C.G.A. § 2-23-8

Random testing of hemp

Redline — August 21, 2019 → current.View current text →
Current — August 17, 2021
As of August 21, 2019
(1) The department shall have the right, either through its own personnel or through an independent contractor as provided for in Code Section 2-23-9, to randomly test hemp at the fields and greenhouses of all licensees. Such testing, and the harvesting of the hemp tested, shall be conducted in compliance with regulations promulgated by the department.
(1) The department shall have the right, either through its own personnel or through an independent contractor as provided for in Code Section 2-23-9, to collect samples of hemp for testing as provided for in this chapter from the fields and greenhouses of all licensees. Samples shall be representative of each lot with the same global positioning coordinates. No hemp shall be harvested until such samples are collected. Such testing, and the harvesting of the hemp tested, shall be conducted in compliance with this chapter and with regulations promulgated by the department.
(2) In the event that a test sample reveals a delta-9-THC concentration of more than 0.330 percent on a dry weight basis, the licensee's entire crop with the same global positioning coordinates shall be destroyed in compliance with regulations promulgated by the department.
(2) In the event that a test sample reveals a delta-9-THC concentration of more than the federally defined THC level for hemp, the licensee's entire lot with the same global positioning coordinates shall be disposed of in compliance with this chapter and with regulations promulgated by the department.
(3) In the event that a test sample reveals a delta-9-THC concentration of more than 0.3 percent but not more than 0.330 percent on a dry weight basis, the licensee's crop shall be retested and if upon such retesting, the delta-9-THC concentration exceeds 0.3 percent, the entire crop with the same global positioning coordinates shall be destroyed in compliance with regulations promulgated by the department.
(4) The department shall have the right, either through its own personnel or through an independent contractor as provided for in Code Section 2-23-9, to randomly test hemp products at the facilities of all permittees. Such testing shall be conducted in compliance with regulations promulgated by the department.
(3) The department shall, as provided for in Code Section 2-23-9, randomly test hemp products of the facilities of all permittees. Such testing shall be conducted in compliance with this chapter and with regulations promulgated by the department.
(5) In the event that a test sample reveals a delta-9-THC concentration of more than 0.3 percent, all related hemp products shall be destroyed by the permittee under the supervision of local law enforcement.
(4) In the event that a test sample reveals a delta-9-THC concentration of more than the federally defined THC level for hemp, all related hemp products shall be disposed of in compliance with this chapter and with regulations promulgated by the department.
(5) In the event that THC is removed from hemp during processing and not subsequently returned to hemp products produced from such hemp, such THC shall be disposed of in compliance with this chapter and with regulations promulgated by the department.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.