Cannabis Regulations

Marginal note:Dried and fresh cannabis

• 93 (1) Dried cannabis or fresh cannabis that is a cannabis product — or that is contained in a cannabis accessory that is a cannabis product — must not contain or have on it anything other than anything referred to in item 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act.

• Marginal note:Residues of pest control products

  (2) Despite subsection (1), cannabis that is referred to in that subsection may contain or have on it residues of a pest control product that is registered for use on cannabis under the Pest Control Products Act, or that is otherwise authorized for use under that Act, if the residues are within any maximum residue limits that are specified in relation to cannabis under section 9 or 10 of that Act.

• Marginal note:Microbial and chemical contaminants

  (3) Despite subsection (1), cannabis that is referred to in that subsection may contain or have on it microbial or chemical contaminants if the contaminants are within generally accepted tolerance limits for human use that are

  • (a) established in a publication referred to in Schedule B to the Food and Drugs Act; and

  • (b) appropriate for the intended use and any reasonably foreseeable use of the cannabis product.

• Marginal note:More stringent limit applies

  (4) If there are generally accepted tolerance limits referred to in subsection (3) that apply in respect of the residues of a pest control product referred to in subsection (2) for which a maximum residue limit has been specified in relation to cannabis under the Pest Control Products Act, the more stringent limit applies.