Cannabis Regulations (SOR/2018-144)

Marginal note:Expiry date

• 123.02 (1) The label of a container in which cannabis other than edible cannabis is packaged must not include an expiry date unless the holder of the licence for processing that manufactured the cannabis product has data that establishes the stability period during which, after the cannabis is packaged in accordance with these Regulations and stored under its recommended storage conditions,

  • (a) in the case of dried cannabis or fresh cannabis,

    • (i) it maintains not less than 80% and not more than 120% of its THC content and CBD content, and

    • (ii) the microbial and chemical contaminants it contains or has on it remain within the limits referred to subsection 93(3); and

  • (b) in the case of a cannabis extract or a cannabis topical,

    • (i) it maintains its THC content and CBD content within the variability limits referred to in subsection 97(1), and

    • (ii) the microbial and chemical contaminants it contains or has on it remain within the limits referred to in section 101.1.

• Marginal note:No expiry date — edible cannabis

  (2) The label of a container in which edible cannabis is packaged must not include an expiry date.

• Marginal note:Stability period — retention of document

  (3) The holder of the licence for processing that manufactured the cannabis product must, if they include an expiry date on the label of the container, retain a document that contains the data referred to in subsection (1) for at least two years after the day on which the last sale or distribution of any portion of the lot or batch of the cannabis product with that expiry date takes place, other than for destruction.