Alaska Administrative Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Part 4 - Agriculture
Chapter 40 - Industrial Hemp
Article 3 - Processor Registration
11 AAC 40.315 - Extraction methods

Universal Citation: 11 AK Admin Code 40.315

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) A registered processor may only create hemp-based extracts utilizing the following methods:

(1) the following non-hydrocarbon extractions:
(A) cold or hot potable water filtration;

(B) isopropanol;

(C) ethanol;

(D) carbon dioxide;

(E) dry ice;

(F) dry shifting or sieve; or

(G) another method, only when preapproved in writing by the division; or

(2) the following hydrocarbon extractions:
(A) n-butane;

(B) isobutane;

(C) propane;

(D) heptane; or

(E) another method, only when preapproved in writing by the division.

(b) A registered processor shall only use solvents in the extraction process that are food grade or at minimum 99 percent or greater in purity. Solvent-based extractions must be completed in a commercial, professional grade, closed-loop system capable of recovering the solvent used for extraction.

(c) Each individual batch of processed hemp must meet or exceed the testing requirements set out in 11 AAC 40.600 - 11 AAC 40.665 before the processed industrial hemp or industrial hemp product may be offered with or without compensation to a person or transported from the processing sites.

Authority:AS 03.05.010

AS 03.05.040

AS 03.05.050

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AS 03.05.077

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