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Title 4 - Business RegulationsDivision 19 - Department of Cannabis ControlChapter 6 - Testing Laboratories
Article 5 - Laboratory Testing and Reporting
Section 15714 - Required Testing

Cal. Code Regs. tit. 4 § 15714

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Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 49, December 6, 2024
Section 15714 - Required Testing
(a) All sample increments collected must be homogenized prior to sample analyses, notwithstanding foreign material testing.
(b) The licensed laboratory shall test each representative sample for the following:
(1) Cannabinoids;
(2) Foreign material;
(3) Heavy metals;
(4) Microbial impurities;
(5) Mycotoxins;
(6) Moisture content and water activity;
(7) Residual pesticides;
(8) Residual solvents and processing chemicals; and
(9) If applicable, terpenoids.
(c) The licensed laboratory shall report the results of each analysis performed by the laboratory on the certificate of analysis.
(d) The licensed laboratory that obtained the representative sample shall complete all required testing for each representative sample for regulatory compliance testing.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 4, § 15714

1. Change without regulatory effect relocating article 5 from title 16, division 42, chapter 6 and renumbering former title 16, section 5714 to new title 4, section 15714 filed 7-14-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 29). For prior history of title 16, division 42, see Register 2019, No. 3.
2. Amendment of subsections (b), (c) and (d) filed 9-27-2021 as an emergency; operative 9-27-2021 (Register 2021, No. 40). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 26013(b)(3) and 26153.1(k). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-28-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Amendment of subsections (b), (c) and (d) refiled 3-28-2022 as an emergency; operative 3-28-2022 (Register 2022, No. 13). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 26013(b)(3) and 26153.1(k). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-26-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-28-2022 order transmitted to OAL 9-26-2022 and filed 11-7-2022 (Register 2022, No. 45).

Note: Authority cited: Section 26013, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 26100, 26104 and 26110, Business and Professions Code.

1. Change without regulatory effect relocating article 5 from title 16, division 42, chapter 6 and renumbering former title 16, section 5714 to new title 4, section 15714 filed 7-14-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 29). For prior history of title 16, division 42, see Register 2019, No. 3.
2. Amendment of subsections (b), (c) and (d) filed 9-27-2021 as an emergency; operative 9/27/2021 (Register 2021, No. 40). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 26013(b)(3) and 26153.1(k). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-28-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Amendment of subsections (b), (c) and (d) refiled 3-28-2022 as an emergency; operative 3/28/2022 (Register 2022, No. 13). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 26013(b)(3) and 26153.1(k). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-26-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-28-2022 order transmitted to OAL 9-26-2022 and filed 11/7/2022 (Register 2022, No. 45).