11 Alaska Admin. Code § 40.640

Current through September 25, 2024

Section 11 AAC 40.640 - Contaminants

(a) Industrial hemp products intended for human or animal consumption shall be tested or screened for the contaminants listed and may not exceed the following permissible levels:

(1) residual solvents:

Solvent	Parts Per Million (ppm)	Product to be tested
Acetone	<500	Products developed from extracted concentrates
Benzene	1
Butanes	<500
Chloroform	2
Cyclohexane	<500
Heptane	<500
Hexane	18
Isopropanol	<500
Methanol	<500
Pentanes	<500
Propane	<500
Toluene	53
Xylenes (m, p, o-xylenes)	<217

(2) microbials (bacterial, fungus):

Substance	Acceptable limits per gram	Product to be tested
Shiga Toxin Escherichia coli (STEC) - bacteria	Less than 1 colony forming unit (CFU/g)	Hemp products intended for human consumption, excluding topicals
Total Yeast and Mold Count (TYMC)	Less than 10,000 colony forming unit (CFU/g)
Salmonella species - bacteria	Less than 1 colony forming unit (CFU/g)
Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger-fungus, Aspergillus terreus	Less than 1 colony forming unit (CFU/g)

(3) mycotoxins:

Substance	Acceptable limits per gram	Product to be tested
Total Aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, G2	< 20 parts per billion (PPB)	Hemp products intended for human consumption, excluding topicals
Ochratoxin A	< 20 parts per billion (PPB)

(4) pesticides:

Substance	Detection Limits (Parts Per Million, PPM)	Product to be tested
Abamectin	<0.07	Hemp products intended for human consumption
Azoxystrobin	<0.02
Bifenazate	<0.02
Etoxazole	<0.01
Imazalil	<0.04
Imidacloprid	<0.02
Malathion	<0.05
Myclobutanil	<0.04
Permethrin	<0.04
Spinosad	<0.06
Spiromesifen	<0.03
Tebuconazole	<0.01

(5) metals:

Substance	Acceptable Limits Per Gram	Product to be tested
Metals (Cadmium, Arsenic, Lead, Mercury)	Lead - Max Limit: < 500 ppb Arsenic - Max Limit: < 1,500 ppb Cadmium - Max Limit: 500 ppb Mercury - Max Limit: 3,000 ppb)	Hemp products intended for human consumption

(b) Notwithstanding the permissible levels established in (a) of this section, the division may conclude, upon good cause and reasonable grounds, that an industrial hemp product meeting these levels still presents a risk to the public health or safety and therefore will be considered to have failed a contaminant test.

(c) The results of the testing or screening required in this section shall be reported to the division on a certificate of analysis that was completed not more than 12 months before the date the application for endorsement is postmarked or received by the division.

11 AAC 40.640

Eff. 4/4/2020, Register 234, April 2020; am 11/3/2023, Register 248, January 2024

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