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42.39.306    QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTING REQUIREMENTS

(1) Except as provided in (10), a licensee must submit for testing every test batch from a harvest lot of marijuana and process lots of marijuana-infused product, extracts, and concentrates intended for use by a registered cardholder prior to selling or transferring the marijuana item to a registered cardholder.

(2) Usable marijuana lots consisting of dried leaves and flowers must be tested for the following:

(a) cannabinoid profile;

(b) moisture analysis;

(c) foreign matter screening;

(d) microbiological screening; and

(e) pesticides screening.

(3) Marijuana concentrate and extract lots must be tested for the following:

(a) cannabinoid profile;

(b) microbiological screening;

(c) residual solvents screening; and

(d) pesticides screening.

(4) Marijuana-infused products must be tested for the following:

(a) cannabinoid profile.

(5) The cannabinoid profile for each sample must include:

(a) THCA;

(b) THC;

(c) Total THC;

(d) CBDA;

(e) CBD; and

(f) Total CBD.

(6) The sample and related lot or test batch fail quality assurance testing for moisture analysis if the results exceed the following limits:

(a) moisture content no more than twelve percent.

(7) The sample and related lot or test batch fail quality assurance testing for foreign matter screening if the results exceed the following limits:

(a) five percent of stems 3mm or more in diameter; and

(b) two percent of seeds or other foreign matter.

(8) The sample and related lot or test batch fail quality assurance testing for microbiological screening if the results exceed the following limits:

(a) Salmonella: 10 CFU/g;

(b) E. Coli: 10 CFU/g;

(c) Total of Aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, G2: 20 μg/kg; and

(d) Ochratoxin A: 20 μg/kg of substance.

(9) A sample and related lot or test batch fail quality assurance testing for residual solvents if the results exceed the limits provided in the table below.

 

Residual Solvents

Solvent*

ppm

Acetone

5,000

Benzene

2

Butanes

5,000

Cyclohexane

3,880

Chloroform

2

Dichloromethane

600

Ethyl acetate

5,000

Heptanes

5,000

Hexanes

290

Isopropanol

5,000

(2-propanol)

Methanol

3,000

Pentanes

5,000

Propane

5,000

Toluene

890

Xylene**

2,170

 

* And isomers thereof.

** Usually 60% m-xylene, 14% p-xylene, 9% o-xylene with 17% ethyl benzene.

 

(10) Heavy metals will be tested at random. A sample and related lot or test batch fail quality assurance testing for heavy metals if the results exceed the limits provided in the table below.

 

Heavy Metals

 

Limits; Unprocessed/Dry Flower

Limits; Extract

Inorganic arsenic

2.0 μg/g

10 μg/g

Cadmium

0.82 μg/g

4.1 μg/g

Lead

1.2 μg/g

6.0 μg/g

Mercury

0.4 μg/g

2.0 μg/g

 

(11) A sample and related lot or test batch fail quality assurance testing for pesticides if the results exceed the limits provided in the table below.

 

Pesticides

Analyte

 

Chemical Abstract Services (CAS) Registry Number

Action Level ppm; Unprocessed/Dry Flower

Action Level ppm; Extract

Abamectin

71751-41-2

0.5

2.5

Acequinocyl

57960-19-7

2

10

Bifenazate

149877-41-8

0.2

1

Bifenthrin

82657-04-3

0.2

1

Chlormequat chloride

999-81-5

1

5

Cyfluthrin

68359-37-5

1

5

Daminozide

1596-84-5

1

5

Etoxazole

153233-91-1

0.2

1

Fenoxycarb

72490-01-8

0.2

1

Imazalil

35554-44-0

0.2

1

Imidacloprid

138261-41-3

0.4

2

Myclobutanil

88671-89-0

0.2

0.6

Paclobutrazol

76738-62-0

0.4

2

Pyrethrins†

8003-34-7

1

5

Spinosad

168316-95-8

0.2

1

Spiromesifen

283594-90-1

0.2

1

Spirotetramat

203313-25-1

0.2

1

Trifloxystrobin

141517-21-7

0.2

1

 

† Pyrethrins should be measured as the cumulative residues of pyrethrin 1, cinerin 1
and jasmolin 1 (CAS numbers 121-21-1, 25402-06-6, and 4466-14-2 respectively).

 

History: 50-46-344, MCA; IMP, 50-46-303, 50-46-308, 50-46-311, 50-46-326, MCA; NEW, 2018 MAR p. 321, Eff. 4/10/18; TRANS, from ARM 37.107.407, 2021 MAR p. 765, Eff. 7/2/21.

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