Packaging

A California proposal would add new regulations for cannabis product packaging and require consumption risk warning labels.

The New York State Office of Cannabis Management released a set of proposed regulations this week addressing cannabis marketing, packaging, labeling, and lab testing requirements.

Pabst Labs is opening a facility for the manufacturing and distribution of its Pabst Blue Ribbon-branded line of cannabis seltzers; the company is also planning to foster co-packaging relationships with other cannabis brands.

An Oregon cannabis company must pay a $100,000 fine over a labeling error following a two-year battle with the state Liquor and Cannabis Commission.

New rules from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services aim to phase out polystyrene packaging in favor of hemp-based products.

Tylor Couch is the founder of PolyCanna, a Colorado company focused on creative recycling and upcycling strategies to improve sustainable packaging options for the cannabis industry.

Packaging is a huge part of cannabis product compliance, but oftentimes compliant packages are made from materials that will sit in a landfill for eternity. Read up on sustainable marijuana packaging in this article.

California officials have updated the parameters of Proposition 65 to include cannabis smoke and THC as reproductive toxins that will require warning labels on all packaging.

Canada’s Freedom Cannabis is moving to emphasize environmental responsibility with the launch of its latest product line, which uses a recyclable steel container that bucks the national trend of plastic containers.

A new experimental cannabis marketplace in The Netherlands will require all distributed cannabis products to utilize plain white, “unattractive” packaging that includes health warnings and only black Helvetica font.

Under new Health Canada regulations, single-serving cannabis edibles will have their THC content capped at just 10 milligrams of THC per package. Industry advocates call it regulatory overreach and warn that the rules will lead to excessive packaging waste.