D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22-C, § 5607
5607.1 No medical cannabis shall be dispensed or distributed to a qualifying patient or caregiver unless the container in which it is distributed bears a legible label, firmly affixed, stating:
5607.2 All medical cannabis a sold or otherwise distributed by a cultivation center shall be packaged and labeled in a manner that advises the purchaser that it contains cannabis, specifies the amount of cannabis in the product, and that the cannabis is intended for medical use solely by the patient to whom it is sold, and that any resale or re-distribution of the medical cannabis to a third person is prohibited.
5607.3 The label shall include all ingredients contained in the product, in order from most abundant to least abundant. The label for ingestible items shall identify potential food allergy ingredients, including milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans. The product shall be packaged in a sealed container that cannot be opened without obvious damage to the packaging.
5607.4 The label shall contain the following warning: “There may be health risks
associated with the ingestion or use of this product.” Please consult your physician if you have any questions or concerns.
5607.5 All medical cannabis shall be labeled with a list of all chemical additives, including but not limited to non-organic and organic pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers that were used in the cultivation and production of the medical cannabis .5607.6 A cultivation center may place a trade or product name on the medical cannabis container prior to transporting it to a internet retailer or retailer.5607.7 The label shall not contain any of the following information:- (a) Any false or misleading statement or design; or
- (b) Any seal, flag, crest, coat of arms, or other insignia likely to mislead the qualifying patient to believe that the product has been endorsed, made, or used by the District government.5607.8 A medical cannabis business shall not alter, obliterate, or destroy any label attached to a medical cannabis container.5607.9 A internet retailer or retailer shall place for transport purposes packaged and labeled medical cannabis in a separate sealed container prior to dispensing medical cannabis to a qualifying patient or caregiver. This separate sealed container shall comply with these regulations and include a label containing the following required information contained in § 5607.1:- (a) The dispensing date the medical cannabis was transferred to the qualifying patient or caregiver; and
- (b) The qualifying patient's name and registration card number.5607.10 A medical cannabis business shall not use the word(s) “candy” or “candies” on the product, packaging, or labeling of any medical cannabis product.5607.11 A medical cannabis business shall not place any content, image, or labeling that specifically targets individuals under the age of twenty-one (21), including but not limited to, cartoon characters or similar images, on the product, packaging, or a container holding medical cannabis.5607.12 A cultivation center that produces edible cannabis products or cannabis-infused products shall ensure that all edible cannabis products or cannabis-infused products offered for sale:
(a) Are labeled clearly and unambiguously as medical cannabis;
(b) Are not presented in packaging or with labeling that is appealing to children; and
(c) Have packaging designed or constructed to be significantly difficult for children under five (5) years of age to open, but not normally difficult for adults to use properly.
5607.13 The cultivation center or manufacturer shall place medical cannabis or medical cannabis products in either tamper-evident or tamper-proof packaging so long as such packaging is difficult for children under five (5) years of age to open prior to transporting the products to the internet retailer or retailer.
5607.14 The internet retailer or retailer shall not open the medical cannabis package prior to being sold to the qualifying patient or his or her caregiver, except for purposes of adding the barcode and patient labels.
5607.15 The Director may prohibit a medical cannabis business from selling any medical cannabis product upon a finding by the Director that the product is deceptively labeled or branded in a manner which is misleading about its content or that contains injurious or adulterated ingredients.
5607.16 In addition to the other labeling requirements of this section, all edible cannabis products, and cannabis-infused products shall be labeled in accordance with 16 C.F.R. Part 1700 (2016), Poison prevention packaging; 21 C.F.R. Part 101 (2016), Food Labeling, as specified in Section 1102 of the District Food Code Regulations (Title 25-A DCMR).
5607.17 An internet retailer, retailer, cultivation center, and manufacturer shall submit its labeling to the Board for approval and record
SOURCE: Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3299 (April 15, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 7207 (August 12, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10128, 10210 (December 2, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 7487 (August 4, 2017); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 002388 (March 8, 2024); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 002136 (February 20, 2026).