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.

	Grower	Producer	Distributor	Retailer
Buildings, facilities and equipment	Cannabis facility audit program Fire and security alarm certification Building inspections Security/video inspections Fire containment and suppression Safe and vault inspections Horticultural lighting testing and certification Oil extraction equipment testing and certification HVAC equipment testing and certification	Cannabis facility audit program Fire and security alarm certification Building inspections Security/video inspections Fire containment and suppression Safe and vault inspections Horticultural lighting testing and certification Oil extraction equipment testing and certification HVAC equipment testing and certification	Fire and security alarm certification Security/video inspections Safe and vault inspections	Cannabis facility audit program Fire and security alarm certification Building inspections Security/video inspections Fire containment and suppression Safe and vault inspections
Growing and extraction/processing environments	GMP audits Supply chain traceability	GMP audits Supply chain traceability Packaging testing Pesticide and contaminant testing	Supply chain traceability	Supply chain traceability GMP audits
Environmental health	Smart building solutions Indoor air quality inspection and certification Outdoor air quality	Smart building solutions Indoor air quality inspection and certification Outdoor air quality	Smart building solutions	Smart building solutions
Technology efficacy	Cyber security assessment services	Cyber security assessment services	Cyber security assessment services	Cyber security assessment services

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.

Contact us to learn how UL can support you!