Proposed requirements for cultivation, processing, and federal sale licences
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Organization: Health Canada
Date published: 2017
Location
- Indoor
- Cultivation Licences (Standard, Micro, Nursery, Hemp)
- Processing Licences (Standard, Micro)
- Federal Sale Licences -Medical and Non-medical (cannabis on-site, no cannabis on-site)
- Outdoor
- Cultivation Licences (Standard, Micro, Nursery, Hemp)
Physical Security
- Perimeter of the Site
- Physical barriers (for example, walls or fences with secured entry points) to prevent unauthorized access
- Cultivation Licences (Standard, Micro, Nursery)
- Processing Licences (Standard, Micro)
- Federal Sale Licences -Medical and Non-medical (Cannabis on-site)
- Visual monitoring, keep recording for 1 year
- Cultivation Licences (Standard)
- Processing Licences (Standard)
- Federal Sale Licences -Medical and Non-medical (Cannabis on-site)
- Alarm or other intrusion detection system
- Cultivation Licences (Standard)
- Processing Licences (Standard)
- Federal Sale Licences -Medical and Non-medical (Cannabis on-site)
- Physical barriers (for example, walls or fences with secured entry points) to prevent unauthorized access
- Indoor areas on-site where cannabis is present, excluding growing areas
- Physical barriers to prevent unauthorized access
- Cultivation Licences (Standard, Micro, Nursery)
- Processing Licences (Standard, Micro)
- Federal Sale Licences -Medical and Non-medical (Cannabis on-site)
- Visual monitoring, keep recording for 1 year
- Cultivation Licences (Standard)
- Processing Licences (Standard)
- Federal Sale Licences -Medical and Non-medical (Cannabis on-site)
- Alarm or other intrusion detection system
- Cultivation Licences (Standard)
- Processing Licences (Standard)
- Federal Sale Licences - Medical and Non-medical (Cannabis on-site)
- Access restricted to employees to perform job duties (e.g., key card, key)
- Cultivation Licences (Standard, Micro, Nursery)
- Processing Licences (Standard)
- Federal Sale Licences -Medical and Non-medical (Cannabis on-site)
- Physical barriers to prevent unauthorized access
- Additional requirements for areas where cannabis is stored
- Identity recorded of every person entering or exiting the area
- Standard Cultivation Licences
- Standard Processing Licences
- Federal Sale Licences -Medical and Non-medical (Cannabis on-site)
- Identity recorded of every person entering or exiting the area
Personnel Security Clearance
- Specified employees must hold a valid security clearance
- Cultivation Licences (Standard, Micro, Nursery)
- Processing Licences (Standard, Micro)
- Federal Sale Licences -Medical and Non-medical (cannabis on-site, no cannabis on-site)
Good Production Practices
- Clean equipment
- Cultivation Licences (Standard, Micro, Nursery, Hemp)
- Processing Licences (Standard, Micro)
- Sanitation of indoor areas
- Cultivation Licences (Standard, Micro, Nursery)
- Processing Licences (Standard, Micro)
- Analytical Testing (microbial, contamination, heavy metals, pesticides, THC, CBD) (limited requirements for hemp)
- All cannabis will be tested prior to processing, packaging, and sale
- Processing Licences (Standard, Micro)
- Quality Assurance Person
- Processing Licences (Standard, Micro)
Reporting and Record Keeping
- Maintain records and report information that, for example, demonstrates compliance with good production practices and describes product recall activities and adverse effects.
- Cultivation Licences (Standard, Micro, Nursery, Hemp)
- Processing Licences (Standard, Micro)
- Federal Sale Licences -Medical and Non-medical (cannabis on-site, no cannabis on-site)
Cannabis Tracking System
- Report information with respect to production levels, inventory amounts, and sales volume
- Cultivation Licences (Standard, Micro, Nursery, Hemp)
- Processing Licences (Standard, Micro)
- Federal Sale Licences -Medical and Non-medical (cannabis on-site, no cannabis on-site)