Good production practices guide for cannabis
Important: Effective March 12, 2025, Health Canada announced the coming into force of the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning Cannabis (Streamlining of Requirements). This web page will be updated in the coming months to reflect the amended regulations. You can refer to Summary of changes following the streamlining of regulations for how the changes may impact you.
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Overview
This document will provide guidance to federally regulated holders of a licence under the Cannabis Act on how to meet the requirements of Part 5: Good Production Practices (GPP) of the Cannabis Regulations.
Who this guide is for
This document is for licence holders under the Cannabis Act and Cannabis Regulations.
In this guide
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Background
- 3. Scope
- 4. Definitions and abbreviations
- 5. Good production practices: Regulatory requirements
- 6. Contact us
- 7. Feedback – Help us improve
- Appendix A: GPP requirements by licence class
- Appendix B: GPP requirements by class of cannabis
- Appendix C: Part 2 – Licensing requirements related to GPP
- Appendix D: Part 6 – Cannabis products requirements related to GPP
- Appendix E: Part 11 – Retention of documents and information requirements related to GPP
- Appendix F: Preventive control plan best practices
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Details and history
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Contact Us
Licence holders who have questions about the information or requirements in this guide are invited to contact the Controlled Substances and Cannabis Branch at cannabis@canada.ca.
For questions related to Health Canada inspections, licence holders may contact the Regulatory Operations and Enforcement Branch at hc.inspectionscannabisinspections.sc@canada.ca