Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Any area within the cultivation center
where cannabis will be manufactured into an edible form shall comply with the
Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Sanitary Food Preparation Act, and Food
Handling Regulation Enforcement Act.
1) No
cannabis-infused products requiring refrigeration or hot-holding or considered
potentially hazardous food (Section 4 of the Food Handling Regulation
Enforcement Act) shall be manufactured at a cultivation center for sale or
distribution at a dispensing organization due to the potential for food-borne
illness.
2) Cannabis-infused
products for sale or distribution at a dispensing organization must be prepared
by an approved staff member of a permitted cultivation center.
b) The Department of Public Health
may at all times enter every building, room, basement, enclosure, or premises
occupied or used or suspected of being occupied or used for the production,
preparation, manufacture for sale, storage, sale, distribution or
transportation of medical cannabis-infused products, to inspect the premises
and all utensils, fixtures, furniture, and machinery used for the preparation
of these products.
c) If a local
health department has a reasonable belief that a cultivation center's
cannabis-infused product poses a public health hazard, it may refer the
cultivation center to the Department of Public Health for inspection. (Section
80 of the Act)
d) General Sanitary
Requirements. All areas permitted in the cultivation center for the production
of cannabis-infused products shall take all reasonable measures and precautions
to ensure that:
1) Any person who, by medical
examination or supervisory observation, is shown to have, or appears to have,
an illness, open lesion, including boils, sores or infected wounds, or any
other abnormal source of microbial contamination for whom there is a reasonable
possibility of contact with cannabis shall be excluded from any operations that
may be expected to result in microbial contamination until the condition is
corrected.
2) Hand-washing
facilities are adequate and convenient and are furnished with running water at
a suitable temperature. Hand-washing facilities shall be located in the
permitted premises and where good sanitary practices require employees to wash
and/or sanitize their hands, and provide effective hand-cleaning and sanitizing
preparations and sanitary towel service or suitable drying devices.
3) All persons working in direct contact with
cannabis shall conform to hygienic practices while on duty, including but not
limited to:
A) Maintaining adequate personal
cleanliness;
B) Washing hands
thoroughly in adequate hand-washing areas before starting work and at any other
time when the hands may have become soiled or contaminated;
C) Refraining from having direct contact with
cannabis if the person has or may have an illness, open lesion, including
boils, sores or infected wounds, or any other abnormal source of microbial
contamination, until the condition is corrected.
4) Litter and waste are properly removed and
the operating systems for waste disposal are maintained in an adequate manner
so that they do not constitute a source of contamination in areas where
cannabis is exposed.
5) Floors,
walls and ceilings are constructed in such a manner that they may be adequately
cleaned and kept clean and in good repair.
6) There is adequate lighting in all areas
where cannabis is stored and where equipment or utensils are cleaned.
7) There is adequate screening or other
protection against the entry of pests. Rubbish shall be disposed of so as to
minimize the development of odor and minimize the potential for the waste
becoming an attractant, harborage or breeding place for pests.
8) Any buildings, fixtures and other
facilities are maintained in a sanitary condition.
9) Toxic cleaning compounds, sanitizing
agents, and solvents used in the production of cannabis concentrates shall be
identified, held and stored in a manner that protects against contamination of
cannabis, and in a manner that is in accordance with any applicable local,
State or federal law, rule, regulation or ordinance.
10) All contact surfaces, including utensils
and equipment used for the preparation of cannabis or cannabis-infused product,
shall be cleaned and sanitized as frequently as necessary to protect against
contamination. Equipment and utensils shall be designed and shall be of such
material and workmanship as to be adequately cleanable, and shall be properly
maintained. Only sanitizing agents registered with the Department pursuant to
the Illinois Pesticide Act shall be used in cultivation centers; they shall be
used in accordance with labeled instructions.
11) The water supply shall be sufficient for
the operations intended and shall be derived from a source that is a regulated
water system. Private water supplies shall be derived from a water source that
is capable of providing a safe, potable and adequate supply of water to meet
the facility's needs.
12) Plumbing
shall be of adequate size and design, and adequately installed and maintained,
to carry sufficient quantities of water to the required locations throughout
the facility. Plumbing shall properly convey sewage and liquid disposable waste
from the facility. There shall be no cross-connections between the potable and
waste water lines.
13) All
operations in the receiving, inspecting, transporting, segregating, preparing,
producing, packaging and storing of cannabis and cannabis-infused products
shall be conducted in accordance with adequate sanitation principles.
14) Each cultivation center shall provide its
employees with adequate and readily accessible toilet facilities that are
maintained in a sanitary condition and good repair.
15) Cannabis that can support the rapid
growth of undesirable microorganisms shall be held in a manner that prevents
the growth of these microorganisms.
e) The permittee must request DPH to conduct
a pre-operational inspection at all registered cultivation centers to determine
whether the facilities, methods, practices and controls used in the
manufacture, processing or holding of cannabis-infused products conform to or
are operated or administered in conformity with good manufacturing practices to
ensure that food products for human consumption are safe and have been
prepared, packed and held under sanitary conditions.
f) Permitted cultivation centers shall
immediately allow DPH to inspect the premises and all utensils, fixtures,
furniture, machinery and devices used for preparing manufactured
cannabis-infused products.
g) DPH
will conduct inspections of registered cultivation centers with regard to the
manufacture and preparation of cannabis-infused products under the authority of
the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Food Handling Regulation
Enforcement Act and the Food Service Sanitation Code and in accordance with
DPH's Cannabis-Infused Products rules (77 Ill. Adm. Code 946.Subpart
D).
h) A cultivation center that
prepares cannabis-infused products for sale or distribution at a dispensing
organization shall be under the operational supervision of a certified food
service sanitation manager. (Section 80 of the Act) Management responsibilities
and supervision shall be in accordance with 77 Ill. Adm. Code
730.8000
and
730.8040
(Manufacturing, Processing, Packing or Holding of Food Code).