Cannabis Regulations

Marginal note:Production

• 231 (1) A holder of a licence other than a cannabis drug licence must

  • (a) for each lot or batch of cannabis any portion of which has been sold or exported, retain a document demonstrating that the cannabis and anything that was used as an ingredient was produced, packaged, labelled, distributed, stored, sampled and tested in accordance with the applicable provisions of Parts 5 and 6;

  • (b) if applicable, maintain a list of the brand names of cannabis — of any class of cannabis set out in Schedule 4 to the Act — that the holder has produced, packaged, labelled, distributed, stored, sampled or tested;

  • (c) in respect of each instance in which a substance — including a pest control product and a fertilizer but excluding water — is applied directly or indirectly to cannabis, retain a document that contains the following information:

    • (i) the name of the substance and the quantity used,

    • (ii) the method and date of application, and

    • (iii) the rationale for the use of the substance;

  • (d) in respect of the testing conducted under Part 5 or to meet the requirements set out in Part 6,

    • (i) maintain a document that describes the validated methods used, and

    • (ii) for each lot or batch of cannabis that is tested, retain a document that contains the test results;

  • (e) in the case of a licence for processing, retain

    • (i) a document that describes the qualifications of the quality assurance person — and of any alternate quality assurance person — in respect of the matters referred to in subsection 19(1), and

    • (ii) a document that describes every investigation conducted under paragraph 19(2)(b) or (c) and any measures taken under that paragraph; and

  • (f) in the case of a licence for analytical testing, retain a document that describes the qualifications of the head of laboratory in respect of the matters referred to in subsection 23(2).

• Marginal note:Non-therapeutic research on cannabis

  (1.1) The holder of a licence for research must also retain a document demonstrating that each lot or batch of cannabis that the holder produced or received from another holder of a licence for research and that has been distributed to human participants in the conduct of non-therapeutic research on cannabis, and anything that was used as an ingredient, was produced, packaged, labelled, distributed, stored, sampled or tested in accordance with sections 28.1 and 28.2 and the provisions of Parts 5 and 6, if applicable.

• Marginal note:Retention periods

  (2) The following documents must be retained for the following periods:

  • (a) a document referred to in paragraph (1)(a), for at least two years after the day on which the last sale or export of any portion of the lot or batch takes place;

  • (b) a document referred to in paragraph (1)(c), for at least two years after the day on which it is prepared;

  • (c) a document referred to in subparagraph (1)(d)(ii), for at least two years after the day on which the last sale or export of any portion of the lot or batch takes place;

  • (d) a document referred to in subparagraph (1)(e)(i) or paragraph (f), for the period during which the quality assurance person, the alternate quality assurance person or the head of laboratory acts in that capacity and at least two years after the day on which they cease to do so;

  • (e) a document referred to in subparagraph (1)(e)(ii), for at least two years after the day on which it is prepared; and

  • (f) a document referred to in subsection (1.1), for at least two years after the day on which the non-therapeutic research on cannabis ends.

• Marginal note:Retention periods — previous versions

  (3) The holder must retain

  • (a) each version of the list referred to in paragraph (1)(b), for at least two years after the day on which it is replaced by a new version or, if it has not been replaced, at least two years after the day on which the licence expires or is revoked; and

  • (b) each version of the document referred to in subparagraph (1)(d)(i), for at least two years after the day on which the validated methods are replaced or, if the methods have not been replaced, two years after the day on which the licence expires or is revoked.