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Utah Code § 4-41a-603

Cannabis product -- Product quality

Amended by Chapter 313, 2023 General Session

(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).

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.