Cannabis Regulations

Marginal note:Cannabis extract — content

• 101.3 (1) A cannabis extract that is a cannabis product — or that is contained in a cannabis accessory that is a cannabis product — must not contain any ingredients other than

  • (a) carrier substances;

  • (b) flavouring agents; and

  • (c) substances that are necessary to maintain the quality or stability of the cannabis product.

• Marginal note:Prohibited ingredients

  (2) The following substances must not be used as ingredients to produce a cannabis extract referred to in subsection (1):

  • (a) substances that are listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act; or

  • (b) sugars or sweeteners or sweetening agents, as those terms are defined in subsection B.01.001(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations.

• Marginal note:Exception — vitamins

  (3) Despite paragraph 2(a), a vitamin may be used as an ingredient to maintain the quality or stability of the cannabis extract referred to in subsection (1) if it is used in an amount that does not exceed what is necessary to maintain the quality or stability of the cannabis product.

• Marginal note:Naturally occurring substances

  (4) An ingredient that is used to produce the cannabis extract referred to in subsection (1) may contain a substance referred to in subsection (2) only if that substance is naturally present in the ingredient at a level that is not above the naturally occurring level for that ingredient.

• Marginal note:Permitted ingredients — inhaled cannabis extract

  (5) An ingredient — other than a flavouring agent — must not be used to produce a cannabis extract referred to in subsection (1) that is intended to be consumed by means of inhalation unless

  • (a) a standard for the ingredient is set out in a publication referred to in Schedule B to the Food and Drugs Act; and

  • (b) the ingredient complies with the standard.

• Marginal note:Ethyl alcohol — inhaled cannabis extract

  (5.1) A cannabis extract referred to in subsection (1) that is intended to be consumed by means of inhalation may contain the following quantities of ethyl alcohol if the net weight of the cannabis extract in each immediate container of the cannabis product does not exceed 7.5 g:

  • (a) if it is in discrete units, 10 mg or less per unit; or

  • (b) if it is not in discrete units,

    • (i) 10 mg or less, or

    • (ii) more than 10 mg, if the immediate container does not permit the extract to be easily removed from the container and contains an integrated mechanism that dispenses no more than 10 mg of ethyl alcohol per activation.

• Marginal note:Ethyl alcohol — ingested cannabis extract

  (6) A cannabis extract referred to in subsection (1) that is intended to be ingested may contain ethyl alcohol if

  • (a) the net weight of the cannabis extract in each immediate container of the cannabis product does not exceed 7.5 g, or

  • (b) in the case where the net weight of the cannabis extract in each immediate container of the cannabis product exceeds 7.5 g, the concentration of ethyl alcohol does not exceed 0.5% w/w of the cannabis extract.