At its Sept. 8 meeting, the Cannabis Regulatory Commission proposed new rules that would allow for an expanded group of ingestible cannabis products – including baked goods, chocolates, butters, jams and drinks – to be sold in the medicinal and recreational markets.
Under the regulations, products must have clearly displayed nutrition information, warning labels and expiration dates, along with child-resistant packaging that doesn’t have any imagery or names that could pique kids’ interest. The products are also prohibited from containing alcohol or nicotine, must be ready to consume and manufactured by staff trained in food safety.
Additionally, edibles will be limited to 10 milligrams of THC per serving, while drinks will be capped at 5 milligrams.
“We did research looking at other markets and other states’ regulations,” CRC Executive Director Jeff Brown said of the THC amounts. “I think we wanted to make sure that particularly with beverages where somebody might sit down to have a couple of seltzers or whatever, you want to make sure that they’re not overdoing it.”
“We did research looking at other markets and other states’ regulations,” Cannabis Regulatory Commission Executive Director Jeff Brown said of THC amounts. “I think we wanted to make sure that particularly with beverages where somebody might sit down to have a couple of seltzers or whatever, you want to make sure that they’re not overdoing it.”
“So, I’d say 5 milligrams THC would be akin to probably like an IPA or something like that. Whereas if somebody was sitting down and having a 10 milligram THC beverage, for some people that could be quite a lot. For beverages specifically, we wanted to make sure there was a reasonable limit even below that 10 milligram threshold,” he said.