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N.Y. CAN Law § 81

This is the official text of N.Y. CAN Law § 81, part of New York’s CAN Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "CAN Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Packaging, labeling, and administration of adult-use cannabis products

Official statutory text

§ 81. Packaging, labeling, and administration of adult-use cannabis\nproducts. 1. The board is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and\nregulations governing the advertising, branding, marketing, packaging,\nlabeling and unconventional methods of administration or ingestion, of\ncannabis products, sold or possessed for sale in New York state,\nincluding rules pertaining to the accuracy of information and rules\nrestricting marketing and advertising to youth.\n 2. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, requiring\nthat:\n (a) packaging meets requirements similar to the federal "poison\nprevention packaging act of 1970," 15 U.S.C. Sec 1471 et seq.;\n (b) prior to delivery or sale at a retailer, cannabis and cannabis\nproducts shall be labeled according to regulations and placed in a\nresealable, child-resistant package; and\n (c) packages, labels, shapes and products shall not be made to be\nattractive to or target persons under the age of twenty-one.\n 3. Such regulations shall include requiring labels warning consumers\nof any potential impact on human health resulting from the consumption\nof cannabis products that shall be affixed to those products when sold,\nif such labels are deemed warranted by the board and may establish\nstandardized and/or uniform packaging and labeling requirements for\nadult-use products.\n 4. Such rules and regulations shall establish methods and procedures\nfor determining serving sizes for cannabis products, active cannabis\nconcentration per serving size, and number of servings per container or\npackage, and the methods of separating or clearly delineating servings\nwithin a container or package. Such regulations may also require a\nnutritional or supplement fact panel that incorporates data regarding\nserving sizes and potency thereof.\n 5. Such rules and regulations shall establish approved product types\nand forms and establish an application and review process to determine\nthe suitability of new product types and forms, taking into\nconsideration the consumer and public health and safety implications of\ndifferent product varieties, manufacturing processes, product types and\nforms, the means and methods of administration associated with specific\nproduct types, and any other criteria identified by the board for\nconsideration to protect public health and safety.\n 6. Such regulations shall also require product labels to accurately\ndisplay the total THC of each product.\n 7. The packaging, sale, marketing, branding, advertising, labeling or\npossession by any licensee of any cannabis product not labeled or\noffered in conformity with rules and regulations promulgated in\naccordance with this section shall be grounds for the imposition of a\nfine, and/or the suspension, revocation or cancellation of a license in\naccordance with the provisions of this chapter.\n

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