Alaska Administrative Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Part 4 - Agriculture
Chapter 40 - Industrial Hemp
Article 6 - Sampling, Testing, Quarantines, and Destruction
11 AAC 40.640 - Contaminants

Solvent

Parts Per Million (ppm)

Product to be tested

Acetone

<500

Products developed from extracted concentrates

Benzene

1

Butanes

<500

Chloroform

2

Cyclohexane

<500

Heptane

<500

Hexane

18

Isopropanol

<500

Methanol

<500

Pentanes

<500

Propane

<500

Toluene

53

Xylenes (m, p, o-xylenes)

<217

Substance

Acceptable limits per gram

Product to be tested

Shiga Toxin Escherichia coli (STEC) - bacteria

Less than 1 colony forming unit (CFU/g)

Hemp products intended for human consumption, excluding topicals

Total Yeast and Mold Count (TYMC)

Less than 10,000 colony forming unit (CFU/g)

Salmonella species - bacteria

Less than 1 colony forming unit (CFU/g)

Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger-fungus, Aspergillus terreus

Less than 1 colony forming unit (CFU/g)

Substance

Acceptable limits per gram

Product to be tested

Total Aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, G2

< 20 parts per billion (PPB)

Hemp products intended for human consumption, excluding topicals

Ochratoxin A

< 20 parts per billion (PPB)

Substance

Detection Limits (Parts Per Million, PPM)

Product to be tested

Abamectin

<0.07

Hemp products intended for human consumption

Azoxystrobin

<0.02

Bifenazate

<0.02

Etoxazole

<0.01

Imazalil

<0.04

Imidacloprid

<0.02

Malathion

<0.05

Myclobutanil

<0.04

Permethrin

<0.04

Spinosad

<0.06

Spiromesifen

<0.03

Tebuconazole

<0.01

Substance

Acceptable Limits Per Gram

Product to be tested

Metals (Cadmium, Arsenic, Lead, Mercury)

Lead - Max Limit: < 500 ppb

Arsenic - Max Limit: < 1,500 ppb

Cadmium - Max Limit: 500 ppb

Mercury - Max Limit: 3,000 ppb)

Hemp products intended for human consumption