Vol. 1, Ed. 50 — Fri Oct 2: California sets new labeling rules for THC drinks

California signs AB 2532 serving-size labeling rules for THC drinks, four senators ask DOJ to probe Chinese involvement in marijuana and hemp markets, Georgia approves mail delivery of medical cannabis, and Martignetti closes its RNDC control-state acquisition. For general information only — not legal advice.

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This is the New Realm Compliance Brief, Volume One, Edition Fifty, for Friday, October second.

Our top story: California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill twenty-five thirty-two, adding new packaging and labeling requirements for cannabis edibles and T-H-C beverages. Labels will need to carry the national Poison Help line number, and multi-serving drinks must state the number of servings and the serving size in fluid ounces. Transparent containers will need marked lines showing individual servings, and retailers must provide a measuring device. Marketing may not present a multi-serving drink as a single serving. The rules take effect July first, twenty twenty-seven, so packaging plans for California should start accounting for them now.

In federal news, four Republican senators — Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Budd of North Carolina, Pete Ricketts of Nebraska, and Susan Collins of Maine — sent a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche asking the Justice Department to investigate the role of Chinese criminal organizations in the American marijuana and hemp markets. The senators said these groups are exploiting vulnerabilities in federal law.

Around the states: Georgia's medical cannabis commission approved a rule allowing licensed producers to mail low-T-H-C oil products to registered patients using certified, signature-restricted delivery — though the carriers have not confirmed they will participate. And Martignetti Companies closed its acquisition of Republic National Distributing Company's control-state business, adding seventeen state markets where alcohol is sold through state-run systems.

On the radar: the federal ban on intoxicating hemp products takes effect December eleventh. Massachusetts votes November third on Question Eight, which would repeal regulated commercial cannabis sales while keeping possession and the medical program legal. And Virginia's preliminary feedback window on its draft adult-use retail rules arrives in late October.

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