CHILD-RESISTANT PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS
Reminder: Expiration of Exit Packaging Allowance
California state law requires all cannabis and cannabis products to be sold in child-resistant packaging. Regulations adopted by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) provided a temporary allowance for this requirement to be fulfilled using exit packaging at the time of retail sale.
This is a reminder that, beginning on January 1, 2020, this allowance will no longer be in effect, and the cannabis or cannabis product packaging itself must be child-resistant.
The temporary allowance, which allowed child-resistant packaging requirements to be fulfilled using exit packaging, was created to provide cannabis businesses with a year to transition their packaging into full compliance with the regulations. This allowance went into effect in January 2019, with the adoption of the state cannabis regulations.
GUIDANCE FOR MANUFACTURERS
Beginning January 1, 2020, manufacturers will be responsible for placing all finished cannabis products in child-resistant packaging before the products leave the manufacturing premises and are transferred to a distributor for retail sale (
§40417
).
If you have general questions about packaging requirements or the requirements for manufacturers, please email the Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch at
MCSB@cdph.ca.gov
.
