California’s governor has signed a pair of bills revising various state marijuana laws related to product testing, tracking, consumer access to information and cannabinoid content.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Sunday gave final approval to AB 1965 from Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins (D), which would specify that all marijuana products for sale in the state are subject to testing or retesting and allow the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) to obtain products for off-the-shelf laboratory testing.
The new law also mandates that cannabis retailers are required to provide a product’s certificate of analysis if requested by a consumer.
The measure additionally requires testing labs to undergo performance testing “to ensure consistency of results across laboratories.” Such performance testing can include “blind proficiency testing, round robin testing and any other type of programs that may be used to demonstrate competent performance of a testing laboratory,” the bill says.
The governor also signed AB 2250 from Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D), which makes a number of technical and enforcement-related changes to hemp rules.
Among other reforms, the bill excludes cannabinol (CBN) isolate from that definition of “cannabis concentrate,” building on an earlier law that removed CBD isolate. The changes mean that those cannabinoids won’t be
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