Rule 40-32-3-.03. Processor Sampling and Testing

Rule 40-32-3-.03. Processor Sampling and Testing

1. (1) Required Sampling and Testing for Hemp Products. Permittees shall cause each product lot of industrial or consumable hemp products to be sampled and tested by a registered laboratory prior to the transport or distribution of the hemp product lot from the processing facility. Testing by a registered laboratory must confirm no hemp products exceed the total delta-9-THC concentration legal limit, and that no consumable hemp products exceed the analyte levels set forth in Subject 40-32-5.

   1. (a) Permittees shall assign each product lot a unique number or identifier.
   2. (b) Permittees will solely bear responsibility for the cost of sampling and testing hemp products; the Department will not fund any required sampling or testing costs.

2. (2) Sampling Procedure. Hemp products submitted for testing to a registered laboratory must be representative of the product lot.

   1. (a) Permittees must submit consumable hemp product samples being tested to produce a full panel certificate of analysis in final packaged form.

      1. 1. Consumable hemp product samples must consist of at least the following minimum number of sample consumable hemp products based on product production:

         1. (i) Eight (8) sample products for a product with up to 500 product units produced in a twelve-month period;
         2. (ii) Twelve (12) sample products for a product with between 501-1,000 product units produced in a twelve-month period;
         3. (iii) Sixteen (16) sample products for a product with between 1,001-5,000 product units produced in a twelve-month period; and
         4. (iv) Twenty (20) sample products for a product with more than 5,000 products produced in a twelve-month period.
   2. (b) Processors of industrial hemp products must document the procedures utilized to ensure selection of representative samples of the industrial hemp product lot.

Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 2-2-9; 2-23-1et seq.

History. Original Rule entitled "Processor Sampling" adopted. F. Feb. 10, 2020; eff. Mar. 1, 2020.

Amended: F. Jan. 19, 2022; eff. Feb. 8, 2022.

Amended: New title, "Processor Sampling and Testing." F. Sept. 11, 2024; eff. Oct. 1, 2024.