(1) A cannabis processing facility:

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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:
         (14)(a) acquires or intends to acquire cannabis from a cannabis production establishment;
         (14)(b) possesses cannabis with the intent to manufacture a cannabis product;
         (14)(c) manufactures or intends to manufacture a cannabis product from unprocessed cannabis or a cannabis extract; and
         (14)(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
     (1)(a) may not produce a cannabis product in a physical form that:

          (1)(a)(i) the facility knows or should know appeals to children;
          (1)(a)(ii) is designed to mimic or could be mistaken for a candy product; or
          (1)(a)(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;
     (1)(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
     (1)(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:

     (4)(a) adopt human safety standards for the manufacturing of cannabis products that are consistent with best practices for the use of cannabis; and
     (4)(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).