11 Alaska Admin. Code § 40.315

Current through September 25, 2024
Section 11 AAC 40.315 - Extraction methods
(a) A registered processor may only create hemp-based extracts utilizing the following methods:
(1) the following non-hydrocarbon extractions:
(A) cold or hot potable water filtration;
(B) isopropanol;
(C) ethanol;
(D) carbon dioxide;
(E) dry ice;
(F) dry shifting or sieve; or
(G) another method, only when preapproved in writing by the division; or
(2) the following hydrocarbon extractions:
(A) n-butane;
(B) isobutane;
(C) propane;
(D) heptane; or
(E) another method, only when preapproved in writing by the division.
(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.
(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.

11 AAC 40.315

Eff. 4/4/2020, Register 234, April 2020

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