Ohio regulators have filed new proposed rules to build upon the state’s marijuana legalization law, laying out plans to update regulations on labeling and packaging requirements.
In a rule package that’s now open for public comment, the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) put forward six proposals under the state’s Common Sense Initiative (CSI), which is meant to “eliminate excessive and duplicative rules and regulations that stand in the way of job creation.”
One of the proposed rules would require cannabis packaging to display a “universal THC symbol” that would aim to ensure consumer and law enforcement awareness that the product contains licensed and regulated THC.
Another rule would prescribe limitations on the amount of marijuana that could be sold within a given container. DCC also proposed setting requirements to ensure that certain packaging and labeling standards are met, including child-resistant materials for cannabis, before they are distributed for commercial sales.
An additional rule would prevent “using a package that is attractive to children, false or misleading, obscene, a health-related statement, or encourages over consumption or intoxication, among other prohibitions.”
Ohio regulators have filed new proposed rules to build upon the state’s marijuana legalization law, laying out plans to update regulations on labeling and packaging requirements.
In a rule package that’s now open for public comment, the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) put forward six proposals under the state’s Common Sense Initiative (CSI), which is meant to “eliminate excessive and duplicative rules and regulations that stand in the way of job creation.”
One of the proposed rules would require cannabis packaging to display a “universal THC symbol” that would aim to ensure consumer and law enforcement awareness that the product contains licensed and regulated THC.
Another rule would prescribe limitations on the amount of marijuana that could be sold within a given container. DCC also proposed setting requirements to ensure that certain packaging and labeling standards are met, including child-resistant materials for cannabis, before they are distributed for commercial sales.
An additional rule would prevent “using a package that is attractive to children, false or misleading, obscene, a health-related statement, or encourages over consumption or intoxication, among other prohibitions.”
“The rule also specifically prohibits cannabis products that reference or resemble cartoon characters, fictional characters, or pop culture icons whose target audience is children or youth,” it says.
A proposed rule on single-serve products stipulates that licensed processors must abide by “certain state-required testing, packaging, and labeling requirements for raw and infused single serving units intended for direct customer sale.”
A public comment period on the rule package is open until October 13.
The proposal comes weeks after Ohio medical and adult-use marijuana sales officially crossed $3 billion, data from the state Department of Commerce (DOC) shows.
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