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

(1)  A cannabis processing facility:

Terms Used In Utah Code 4-41a-603

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Artificially derived cannabinoid: means a chemical substance that is created by a chemical reaction that changes the molecular structure of any chemical substance derived from the cannabis plant. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis processing facility: means a person that:
(a) acquires or intends to acquire cannabis from a cannabis production establishment;
(b) possesses cannabis with the intent to manufacture a cannabis product;
(c) manufactures or intends to manufacture a cannabis product from unprocessed cannabis or a cannabis extract; and
(d) sells or intends to sell a cannabis product to a medical cannabis pharmacy or a medical cannabis research licensee. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Cannabis product: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food. See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • Independent cannabis testing laboratory: includes a laboratory that the department or a research university operates in accordance with Subsection 4-41a-201(14). See Utah Code 4-41a-102
  • (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