Minnesota Administrative Rules

9810.1104 PRODUCT STORAGE.

Subpart 1.

Product storage.

A cannabis business must develop procedures for storing regulated products in a controlled environment. The storage procedures must ensure that regulated products are free from contamination. A cannabis business must ensure that all cannabis or hemp workers employed by the business follow the business's storage procedures and maintain a record of the cannabis or hemp workers' compliance with storage procedures. A cannabis business must ensure that the business's storage procedures and records are readily available for inspection by the office upon request. A cannabis business's storage procedures must include the following requirements.

A.

A cannabis business must ensure that product storage areas are used only for the storage of regulated products. A cannabis business must store regulated products in a manner that ensures that there is no mixing between batch numbers or different types of regulated products.

B.

A cannabis business must maintain and have available for inspection records that describe the date and time of each occasion when a product storage area was accessed by an individual, the name of the individual, and the regulated products that were added or removed from the storage area.

Subp. 2.

Storage area specifications.

A cannabis business must store regulated products at least six inches above the ground of any storage area. A storage area must be clean, well ventilated, and free from condensation, sewage, dust, dirt, pests, chemicals, and other contaminants.

Subp. 3.

Secure access.

A cannabis business must keep a storage area locked with access restricted only to authorized personnel. A cannabis business must post signage that indicates "Restricted Access. Authorized Personnel Only" at the entrance of a storage area.

Subp. 4.

Cleaning.

While cleaning a storage area, a cannabis business may remove a regulated product from the storage area to prevent the contamination of regulated products. When regulated products are removed for cleaning, a cannabis business may store regulated products temporarily outside of the storage area in a manner that prevents contamination or mixing of batch numbers or different product types.

Subp. 5.

Cannabis waste storage.

A cannabis business must store cannabis waste, including products that failed testing, in a secure and separate location from saleable cannabis products until the business has disposed of or remediated the cannabis waste or failed products. For purposes of this subpart, a secure and separate location includes a container, closet, or room that is able to be locked or secured.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 342.02

History:

49 SR 1143

Published Electronically:

April 25, 2025