Haw. Code R. § 11-37-3 - Prohibitions

(a) No person shall sell, hold for sale, offer, or distribute any crude extract or manufactured hemp product that is adulterated or misbranded.
(b) No person shall sell, hold for sale, offer, or distribute any crude extract or manufactured hemp product that does not meet the applicable testing requirements in subchapter 2.
(c) No person shall sell, hold for sale, offer, or distribute any food, as defined in section 328-1, into which a cannabinoid, artificially derived cannabinoid, synthetic cannabinoid, hemp, hemp biomass, or manufactured hemp product has been added as an ingredient or component, except as allowed by section 11-37-5. This subsection shall not apply to hemp that is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by FDA for use in foods, as intended, in a public GRAS notification.
(d) No person shall sell, hold for sale, offer, or distribute any crude extract or manufactured hemp product with a total tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of more than 0.3 per cent.
(e) No person shall sell, hold for sale, offer, or distribute any hemp-derived cannabinoid, artificially derived cannabinoid, synthetic cannabinoid, or any other product containing hemp used to aerosolize for respiratory routes of delivery, such as an inhaler, vape pen, or other device designed for such purpose.
(f) No person shall sell, hold for sale, offer, or distribute any hemp leaf, hemp floral material, including but not limited to hemp cigars or hemp cigarettes, or viable hemp seeds, except for sale of hemp leaf, hemp floral material, or viable seeds to:
(1) A hemp producer holding a license to produce hemp, issued by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to title 7 United States Code section 1639q; or
(2) A permitted hemp processor.
(g) No person shall sell, hold for sale, offer, or distribute any manufactured hemp product containing any living hemp plants, viable seeds, leaf materials, or floral materials.
(h) Except for manufactured hemp products intended for external topical application to the skin or hair, no person shall sell, hold for sale, offer, or distribute any products containing a cannabinoid, artificially derived cannabinoid, synthetic cannabinoid, hemp, hemp biomass, or manufactured hemp product as an ingredient that are intended to be introduced via non-oral routes of entry to the body, including but not limited to, use in eyes, ears, and nasal cavities.
(i) No person shall sell, hold, offer, or distribute for sale crude extract directly to any consumer. Crude extract shall be sold only to a hemp processor with a valid permit issued by the department, or to a person with equivalent authority from a regulatory agency in another jurisdiction.
(j) No person shall sell, hold, offer, or distribute samples from an open package of manufactured hemp products. Sample manufactured hemp products may be distributed in accordance with all applicable requirements of subchapters 1 to 3, including testing, packaging, and labeling requirements.
(k) Product packaging, labeling, and advertising shall not make health or benefit claims that are unsubstantiated, false, or misleading in any particular. This subsection shall not apply to federal Food and Drug Administration, or successor agency, approved drugs containing cannabinoids as active pharmaceutical ingredients.

Notes

Haw. Code R. § 11-37-3
[Eff 8/9/21; am and comp 2/24/2022] (Auth: HRS §§ 328G-4) (Imp: HRS §§ 328G-1, 328G-3, 328G-4) Comp 4/29/2022 Am and comp 12/6/2024

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