(a) A cannabis product is adulterated if it is any of the following:
(1) It has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions in which it may have become contaminated with filth or in which it may have been rendered injurious.
(2) It consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.
(3) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to users under the conditions of use suggested in the labeling or under conditions as are customary or usual.
(4) It bears or contains a substance that is restricted or limited under this division or regulations promulgated pursuant to this division and the level of substance in the product exceeds the limits specified pursuant to this division or in regulation.
(5) Its concentrations differ from, or its purity or quality is below, that which it is represented to possess.
(6) The methods, facilities, or controls used for its manufacture, packing, or holding do not conform to, or are not operated or administered in conformity with, practices established by regulations adopted under this division to ensure that the cannabis product meets the requirements of this division as to safety and has the concentrations it purports to have and meets the quality and purity characteristics that it purports or is represented to possess.
(7) Its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render the contents injurious to health.
(8) It is an edible cannabis product and a substance has been mixed or packed with it after testing by a testing laboratory so as to reduce its quality or concentration or if any substance has been substituted, wholly or in part, for the edible cannabis product.
(b) It is unlawful for a person to manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale a cannabis product that is adulterated.
(c) It is unlawful for a person to adulterate a cannabis product.
(d) It is unlawful for a person to receive in commerce a cannabis product that is adulterated or to deliver or proffer for delivery any such cannabis product.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 27, Sec. 78. (SB 94) Effective June 27, 2017.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018