In this month’s newsletter, learn more about the following:
The 2025 legislative session began on January 6. The website below provides information on proposed bills and hearings, how to get involved, and information on your legislator.
As a reminder, proposed bills are not active laws until they have been through the legislative process and signed into law by the governor. Once signed, a bill may have different effective dates for the bill or parts of the bill. Usually, those dates can be found at the end of a bill. Please remember that the Cannabis Control Division does not write proposed legislation. If you have questions or concerns, please contact your legislators.
License expiration date reminders will be sent out 120, 90, 75, and 45 days before your license expires. A renewal application can be submitted up to 90 days before a license expires. Business renewal applications must be submitted at least 60 days before a license expires. Applications submitted after 60 days risk their license expiring before the application is approved and not granted an extension.
Metrc will be implementing a change to the process of submitting samples for testing on February 24, 2025. When requesting testing, the item category will determine which testing can be requested. For example, if you request testing for a test batch of “flower,” you will only have the option to select testing for flower. Additionally, if test results are not completely entered, the product will not receive a test passed status. This will reduce human error and ensure that every product receives the correct and required laboratory tests.
Effective February 24, 2025, a harvest lot may not contain multiple strains and must be identical strains per ARM 42.39.601(22).
Effective February 24, 2025, multi-strain harvest lots and multi-strain composite laboratory test samples are prohibited per ARM 42.39.614(3).
The expanded pesticide list found in the Quality Assurance Testing Requirements Appendix Version 1.0 will be implemented on February 24, 2025. The expanded pesticide list can be found on Table 4.0b.
The FDA is revoking the authorization for the use of FD&C Red No. 3 as a matter of law, based on the Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).
Manufacturers who use FD&C Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs will have until January 15, 2027, or January 18, 2028, respectively, to reformulate their products. Other countries still currently allow for certain uses of FD&C Red No. 3 (called erythrosine in other countries). However, foods imported to the U.S. must comply with U.S. requirements.
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