Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 49 - PUBLIC HEALTH-FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS
Part I - Regulations
Chapter 5 - Registration of Foods, Drugs, Cosmetics and Prophylactic Devices
Section I-519 - Consumable Hemp Products Labeling Requirements: Certificate of Analysis

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-519

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Consumable hemp products must bear labeling that includes a scannable bar code, QR code, or a web address linked to a document or website containing the certificate of analysis for that product.

B. The certificate of analysis must be from a laboratory that is accredited by the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health (LDH/OPH). Accreditation will be demonstrated by the availability of a current audit from a third-party entity indicating that the laboratory meets the criteria specified in Standard 17025 of the accrediting body.

C. The certificate of analysis must include, at a minimum, the following information:

1. the batch number of the product;

2. the date the batch was received by the laboratory;

3. the date the testing was completed;

4. the laboratory methodology used for each analysis referenced in the report;

5. a cannabinoid profile listing all major phytocannabinoid constituents by percentage of dry weight;

6. serving size for the product, total THC (as defined in R.S. 3:1481) per serving, number of servings per package, and total THC per package (expressed in terms of milligrams per gram);

7. the amount of any detected residual solvent in the product in the product in parts per million, except that this analyte will not be required for floral hemp material; detections may not meet or exceed the following amounts:
a. butanes-800 ppm;

b. heptanes-500 ppm;

c. benzene-1 ppm;

d. toluene-1 ppm;

e. hexanes-10 ppm;

f. xylenes-1 ppm;

g. ethanol-5,000 ppm; this ethanol limit shall not apply to consumable hemp products designed and intended solely for topical use;

8. the amount of any detected pesticide residues in the product in parts per million; any detection above the limit of quantitation for a category I pesticide (see Table 1 of this Section) is defined as an exceedance and a basis for rejection of the product by the department; category II pesticides have maximum contaminant levels as defined in Table 1;

9. the amount of any microbiological contaminants in the product in appropriate units; total yeast/mold may not meet or exceed 10,000 colony-forming units per gram and total pathogenic Escherichia coli bacteria or Salmonella spp. may not meet or exceed 1 colony-forming unit per gram;

10. the amount of any detected heavy metal traces in the product in parts per million; detections may not meet or exceed the following amounts:
a. arsenic (As)-10 ppm;

b. cadmium (Cd)-4.1 ppm;

c. lead (Pb)-10 ppm;

d. mercury (Hg)-2 ppm.

D. No consumable hemp product may contain more than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC or one percent total THC on a dryweight basis. Except for floral hemp material, no consumable hemp product may contain more than eight milligrams of total THC per serving. Products registered prior to the effective date of this rule exceeding the perserving threshold may be sold until January 1, 2023.

E. Table 1: Category I and II Pesticides

Name

Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) in ppm

Category I (includes aldicarb, carbofuran, chlorpyrifos, coumaphos, daminozide, dichloryos, dimethoate, ethoprop(hos), etofenprox, fenoxycarb, imazalil, methocarb, methyl parathion, meyinphos, paclobutrazol, propoxur, spiroxamine, and thiacloprid)

0

Category II

Abamectin

0.3

Acephate

5

Acetamiprid

5

Acequinocyl

4

Azoxystrobin

40

Bifenazate

5

Bifenthrin

0.5

Boscalid

10

Captan

5

Carbaryl

0.5

Chlorantraniliprole

40

Clofentezine

0.5

Cyfluthrin

1

Cypermethrin

1

Diazinon

0.2

Dimethomorph

20

Etoxazole

1.5

Fenhexamid

10

Fenpyroximate

2

Flonicamid

2

Hexythiazox

2

Fludioxionil

30

Imidacloprid

3

Kresoxim-methyl

1

Malathion

5

Metalaxyl

15

Methomyl

0.1

Myclobutanil

9

Naled

0.5

Oxamyl

0.2

Pentachloronitrobenzene

0.2

Permethrin

20

Phosmet

0.2

Piperonylbutoxide

8

Prallethrin

0.4

Propiconazole

20

Pyrethrins

1

Pyradiben

3

Spinetoram

3

Spinosad

3

Spiromesifen

12

Spirotetramat

13

Tebuconazole

2

Thiamethoxam

4.5

Trifloxystrobin

30

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1483(L) and R.S. 40:604.

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