AB 823: Edible cannabis products: labeling.

Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), enacted by an initiative statute at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, and use of marijuana cannabis for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older, including edible marijuana cannabis products. Existing law requires an edible marijuana product that is in solid form to be delineated or scored into standardized serving sizes if the marijuana product contains more than one serving. places requirements on edible cannabis products, including that the cannabis product be marked with a universal symbol, as determined by the State Department of Public Health.

This bill would amend the act by requiring each single serving of chocolate, soft confections, hard confections and lozenges, consolidated baked goods, and pressed pills and capsules that include marijuana or marijuana products to be stamped, marked, or otherwise imprinted directly on the product with a cannabis product symbol, to be designed by the State Department of Public Health. The bill would specify the required size and visibility of the cannabis product symbol. requiring the universal symbol required to be on edible cannabis product not sold as a liquid, loose bulk good, or powder to meet specified requirements, including that the symbol be placed directly on at least one side of each serving so as to be distinguishable and easily recognizable as well as size and placement requirements.

AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend, by a ²/₃ vote, certain provisions of the act, provided that the amendments are consistent with and further the purposes and intent of the act.

This bill would declare that its provisions further the purposes and the intent of the act.