Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 845 - OREGON LIQUOR AND CANNABIS COMMISSION
Division 25 - RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
Section 845-025-5830 - Batch Testing Requirements for Industrial Hemp and Hemp Items
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 845-025-5830
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) Harvested industrial hemp:
(a) A certificate holder
must separate each harvest lot of harvested industrial hemp harvested before
July 1, 2022 into no larger than 30 pound batches.
(b) A certificate holder must separate each
harvest lot of harvested industrial hemp harvested on or after July 1, 2022
into no larger than 50.0 pound batches.
(2) Usable hemp:
(a) A processor or Commission-certified hemp
handler must separate each harvest lot of usable hemp harvested before July 1,
2022 into no larger than 30 pound batches.
(b) A processor or Commission-certified hemp
handler must separate each harvest lot of usable hemp harvested on or after
July 1, 2022 into no larger than 50.0 pound batches.
(3) Industrial hemp concentrates or extracts:
(a) A process lot of an industrial hemp
concentrate or extract is considered a batch.
(b) A batch of industrial hemp concentrate or
extract must be produced using a standard operating procedure and result in one
finished industrial hemp concentrate or extract that is uniform in texture and
form.
(4) Hemp cannabinoid products.
(a) A processor or
Commission-certified hemp handler must separate process lots into not larger
than 35,000 unit of sale batches.
(b) A batch of a hemp cannabinoid product
must be produced using a standard operating procedure and result in a finished
hemp cannabinoid product that is uniform in potency, texture, and weight. A
standard operating procedure may use different flavors or colors in a batch if
the different flavors or colors:
(A) Are
substituted for one another at a 1:1 ratio; and
(B) Do not affect the potency, texture, or
weight of the finished hemp cannabinoid product.
(c) If a hemp cannabinoid product is or may
be sold in different quantities in a unit of sale, then the process lot shall
be sampled based on the smallest unit of sale for the purposes of sampling and
testing. All proposed units of sales must meet the Commission's concentration
limit rules found in OAR 845-025-2760.
(5) Finished inhalable hemp cannabinoid products.
(a) A process lot of a finished
inhalable hemp cannabinoid product is considered a batch.
(b) A batch of a finished inhalable hemp
cannabinoid product must be made form a standard operating procedure and result
in one finished inhalable cannabinoid product that is uniform in flavor,
texture, and form.
(6) Batch identifiers.
(a) A Commission-certified
hemp grower must:
(A) Assign each batch grown
by the grower a unique numerical identifier as described in OAR 603-048-0500
and enter this information into CTS.
(B) Record the lot identifier or unique
identifier for any harvested industrial hemp not grown by the handler as
described in OAR 603-048-0500 and enter this information into CTS.
(b) A Commission-certified hemp
handler must:
(A) Assign each batch processed
by the handler a process lot identifier as described in OAR 603-048-0500 and
enter this information into CTS. A handler may not reuse a process lot
identifier.
(B) Record the lot
identifier or unique identifier for any harvested industrial hemp or hemp item
not processed by the handler as described in OAR 603-048-0500 and enter this
information into CTS.
(c) A processor must assign every process lot
a unique identification number and enter this information into CTS.
(7) Sampling and sample size requirements for compliance testing.
(a)
Harvested industrial hemp and usable hemp must be sampled as described for
marijuana or usable marijuana in OAR 333-007-0360.
(b) Industrial hemp concentrates, industrial
hemp extracts, hemp cannabinoid products, and finished inhalable hemp
cannabinoid products must be sampled as required in OAR 333-007-0360 for the
equivalent marijuana item identified in OAR 845-025-5800.
(8) For the purposes of this rule, "flavor" means:
(a) The essential oil or essence which
contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit, fruit juice,
vegetable, vegetable juice, herb, root, leaf, or similar plant
material.
(b) Any substance, the
function of which is to impart flavor, which is not derived from a spice, fruit
juice, vegetable, vegetable juice, herb, root, leaf, or similar plan
material.
(c) Flavor does not
include flavoring constituents derived from the cannabis plant.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 475C.017, ORS 571.336, 571.337
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 571.336, 571.337
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