Legal Cannabis Compliance in Canada
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Safety, security and sustainability for the legal cannabis and cannabidiol industry
Navigating Canada’s complex and highly regulated cannabis landscape has proven challenging for many industry entrants. With multiple jurisdictions and layered compliance requirements, industry stakeholders still face challenges as they try to establish and scale legal cannabis businesses. Companies that learn how to comply with Canada’s comprehensive legal and regulatory framework set themselves up for long-term success.
UL’s 100+ years of regulatory experience have helped highly regulated industries — such as legal cannabis — understand and meet applicable requirements. After all, to compete in business, you need to stay in business, and UL has the skills, knowledge and expertise to help companies achieve their goals.
UL Services for the Legal Cannabis Industry
UL is leading efforts to create services that address emerging and developing regulations globally for this market.
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Good Production Practices (Gpp) Guide for Legal Cannabis
Quality assurance represents an important aspect of every industry’s good production practices (GPP). Canada requires cannabis license holders, including license holders who export cannabis from Canada, to comply with GPP requirements.
The Canadian Government’s Cannabis Regulations state that “cannabis and anything that will be used as an ingredient must be produced, packaged, labeled, distributed, stored, sampled, and tested in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs). The SOPs must be designed to ensure that those activities are conducted in accordance with the requirements of Part 5, Good Production Practices, and Part 6, Cannabis Products.”
Additionally, while Health Canada requires applicants to demonstrate how they will meet GPP at the time of license application, they also require ongoing compliance, hence the need for third-party conformity assessment activities.
UL’s GPP/GMP audit services validate your products’ identity, strength, quality and traceability. Our experienced auditors can identify noncompliance, so you can correct them prior to regulatory inspections. We offer a holistic approach to support you through every step of your legal cannabis journey.
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