1. (a) A registered processor may only create hemp-based extracts utilizing the following methods:

   1. (1) the following non-hydrocarbon extractions:

      1. (A) cold or hot potable water filtration;
      2. (B) isopropanol;
      3. (C) ethanol;
      4. (D) carbon dioxide;
      5. (E) dry ice;
      6. (F) dry shifting or sieve; or
      7. (G) another method, only when preapproved in writing by the division; or

   2. (2) the following hydrocarbon extractions:

      1. (A) n-butane;
      2. (B) isobutane;
      3. (C) propane;
      4. (D) heptane: or
      5. (E) another method, only when preapproved in writing by the division.
2. (b) A registered processor shall only use solvents in the extraction process that are food grade or at minimum 99 percent or greater in purity. Solvent-based extractions must be completed in a commercial, professional grade, closed-loop system capable of recovering the solvent used for extraction.
3. (c) Each individual batch of processed hemp must meet or exceed the testing requirements set out in 11 AAC 40.600 - 11 AAC 40.665 before the processed industrial hemp or industrial hemp product may be offered with or without compensation to a person or transported from the processing sites.

(Eff. 4/4/2020, Register 234)

Authority: AS 03.05.010, AS 03.05.050, AS 03.05.077, AS 03.05.040, AS 03.05.076