SPSFAM Meeting eBook March 2017

3/9/2017

Cannabis and Food Industry “This shift in legislation across North America has resulted in the emergence of budding industries  providing alternative forms of ingesting marijuana. From marijuana‐infused coffee pods to a plethora  of drinks and teas, companies are getting creative in their attempt to satisfy the growing recreational  marijuana market. In Colorado, 4,815,650 units of edible marijuana products were sold in the first  year of recreational pot sales in 2014. This has contributed to $700 million in annual sales in the state  of Colorado alone!”    Food Grads blog, November 2, 2016 “It is quite possible that 5% to 7% of food sold in Canada within 10 years may contain cannabis,  including ready‐to‐eat, biscuits, desserts, and so on.”   ‐‐ Sylvain Charlebois, Dean of the Faculty of  Management and Professor of Agri‐Food Distribution and Policy at Dalhousie University; By Special to  Lift (https://news.lift.co/author/specialtolift/) December 27, 2016

Significance & Implications ‐ Labeling Colorado: 

Effective 2016:   Stores and medical centers may only sell marijuana marked with the universal symbol. • Retail marijuana specific universal symbol rules: — Every single standardized serving  (a serving consists of 10 mg of THC) of an edible retail marijuana  product must be individually marked, stamped or imprinted with the new universal symbol.

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