N.Y. Public Health Law § 3398-n: Processing of cannabinoid hemp and hemp extract

* § 3398-n. Processing of cannabinoid hemp and hemp extract. 1. No

processor shall sell or agree to sell or deliver in the state any

cannabinoid hemp, hemp extract or product derived therefrom, used for

human consumption, except in sealed containers containing quantities in

accordance with size standards pursuant to rules adopted by the

commissioner. Such containers shall have affixed thereto such labels as

may be required by the rules of the department.

2. Processors shall take such steps necessary to ensure that the

cannabinoid hemp or hemp extract used in their processing operation has

only been grown with pesticides that are registered by the department of

environmental conservation or that specifically meet the United States

environmental protection agency registration exemption criteria for

minimum risk, used in compliance with rules, regulations, standards and

guidelines issued by the department of environmental conservation for

pesticides.

3. All cannabinoid hemp, hemp extract and products derived therefrom

used for human consumption shall be extracted and processed in

accordance with good manufacturing processes pursuant to Part 117 or

Part 111 of title 21 of the code of federal regulations, as may be

defined, modified and decided upon by the commissioner in rules or

regulations.

4. As necessary to protect human health, the department shall have the

authority to: (a) regulate and prohibit specific ingredients, excipients

or methods used in processing cannabinoid hemp, hemp extract and

products derived therefrom; and (b) prohibit, or expressly allow,

certain products or product classes derived from cannabinoid hemp or

hemp extract, to be processed.

* NB Repealed 6 months after the full cannabis control board created

by Article 2 of the cannabis law has been appointed