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With the exception of pre-rolls, all cannabis and cannabis products must be in final form ready to be packaged upon receipt of passing results for all required tests in order to be sampled. A cannabis cultivation facility or cannabis product manufacturing facility may not alter the cannabis or cannabis product batch after sampling has occurred. The cannabis testing facility or a designee of a cannabis testing facility shall sample the amount of cannabis and cannabis products in increments in accordance with the tables below, in addition to sample collection procedures: Cannabis Flower and Trim Batch Size Range (lbs) Batch Size Range (kg) Minimum Sample Amount (g) Sample Increments Representing Total Minimum Sample Amount 0-1.00 0 - 0.453592 2.50 5 1.01-10.00 0.4581283 - 4.53592 4.00 8 10.01-20.00 4.5404596 - 9.07185 7.50 15 20.01-40.00 9.0763833 - 18.1437 11.0 22 40.01-50.00 18.148231 - 22.6796 16.50 33 If a cannabis testing facility or a cannabis testing facility designee requires a sample amount that exceeds the minimum sample amount for cannabis batch size range as specified in the table above, the testing facility or designee must use sample increments of 0.5 grams. Cannabis Products – Concentrated Cannabis Batch Size Range (lbs) Batch Size Range (kg) Minimum Sample Amount (g) Sample Increments Representing Total Minimum Sample Amount 0-1.00 0 - 0.453592 1.25 5 1.01-2.00 0.4581283 - 0.907185 2.00 8 2.01-5.00 0.9117207 - 2.26796 3.75 15 5.01-15.00 2.272498 - 6.80389 5.50 22 15.01-50.00 6.8084215 - 22.6796 8.25 33 If a cannabis testing facility or a cannabis testing facility designee requires a sample amount that exceeds the minimum sample amount for the batch size range of a cannabis product containing concentrated cannabis, as specified in the table above, the testing facility or designee must use sample increments of 0.25 grams. Cannabis Products – Cannabis Infused Products Batch Size Range (Unpackaged Servings) Minimum Sample Amount (Unpackaged Servings) Minimum Number of units for Sampling a 5-Serving Unit Minimum Number of units for Sampling a 10-Serving Unit Minimum Number of units for Sampling a 20-Serving Unit Minimum Number of units for Sampling a 100-Serving Unit 0-100 5 2 2 2 2 100-1,000 8 2 2 2 2 1,000-5,000 15 3 2 2 2 5,000-10,000 22 5 3 2 2 10,000-50,000 33 7 4 2 2 50,000-70,000 43 9 5 3 3 A serving unit is a single quantity of all pre-packaged total servings for one product package of cannabis infused product intended for sale. The cannabis product manufacturing facility must determine the size of a serving for each cannabis infused product in accordance with § 44:90:07:04, and the number of servings in the cannabis product batch. If the minimum required number of sample servings does not align with the anticipated final form of the product, the cannabis testing facility or a cannabis testing facility designee must increase sample increments to ensure products are sampled in final form. If a cannabis testing facility or a cannabis testing facility designee requires a sample amount that exceeds the minimum sample amount for the batch size range of a cannabis product containing cannabis infused cannabis, as specified in the table above, the testing facility or designee must use sample increments of one serving.
Source: 49 SDR 9, effective August 8, 2022.