Minnesota Administrative Rules

4770.3040 STABILITY AND DEGRADATION TESTING OF DRIED RAW CANNABIS.

A.

The manufacturer must provide the third-party testing laboratory with an adequate number of dried raw cannabis samples in their final packaged form to create composite samples at the four distinct timepoints listed in item B. The stability samples must be stored according to label instructions.

B.

The testing laboratory must test the potency of the stability samples at zero, three-, six-, and 12-month intervals to monitor changes in total THC content and total CBD content.

C.

If the value at any of the subsequent timepoints changes by ten percent or more compared to T = 0 when tested in triplicate, the cured flower will be assigned an expiration period based upon the time it dropped below ten percent of T = 0.

D.

Until data has been collected establishing evidence-based expiration dates, a dried raw cannabis product will have a six-month expiration date.

E.

The testing laboratory must store each stability sample according to the product's label instructions. If there are no applicable label instructions, then the sample must be stored at room temperature and not in direct sunlight.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 14.389

History:

46 SR 1011

Published Electronically:

June 15, 2022