La. Admin. Code tit. 49, § I-519 - Consumable Hemp Products Labeling Requirements: Certificate of Analysis

A. Consumable hemp products must bear labeling that includes a scannable bar code, QR code, or a web address linked to a document or website containing the certificate of analysis for that product.

B. The certificate of analysis must be from a laboratory that is accredited by the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health (LDH/OPH). Accreditation will be demonstrated by the availability of a current audit from a third-party entity indicating that the laboratory meets the criteria specified in Standard 17025 of the accrediting body.

C. The certificate of analysis must include, at a minimum, the following information:

1. the batch number of the product;

2. the date the batch was received by the laboratory;

3. the date the testing was completed;

4. the laboratory methodology used for each analysis referenced in the report;

5. a cannabinoid profile listing all major phytocannabinoid constituents by percentage of dry weight;

6. serving size for the product, total THC (as defined in R.S. 3:1481) per serving, number of servings per package, and total THC per package (expressed in terms of milligrams per gram);

7. the amount of any detected residual solvent in the product in the product in parts per million, except that this analyte will not be required for floral hemp material; detections may not meet or exceed the following amounts:

a. butanes-800 ppm;

b. heptanes-500 ppm;

c. benzene-1 ppm;

d. toluene-1 ppm;

e. hexanes-10 ppm;

f. xylenes-1 ppm;

g. ethanol-5,000 ppm; this ethanol limit shall not apply to consumable hemp products designed and intended solely for topical use;

8. the amount of any detected pesticide residues in the product in parts per million; any detection above the limit of quantitation for a category I pesticide (see Table 1 of this Section) is defined as an exceedance and a basis for rejection of the product by the department; category II pesticides have maximum contaminant levels as defined in Table 1;

9. the amount of any microbiological contaminants in the product in appropriate units; total yeast/mold may not meet or exceed 10,000 colony-forming units per gram and total pathogenic Escherichia coli bacteria or Salmonella spp. may not meet or exceed 1 colony-forming unit per gram;

10. the amount of any detected heavy metal traces in the product in parts per million; detections may not meet or exceed the following amounts:

a. arsenic (As)-10 ppm;

b. cadmium (Cd)-4.1 ppm;

c. lead (Pb)-10 ppm;

d. mercury (Hg)-2 ppm.

D. No consumable hemp product may contain more than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC or one percent total THC on a dryweight basis. Except for floral hemp material, no consumable hemp product may contain more than eight milligrams of total THC per serving. Products registered prior to the effective date of this rule exceeding the perserving threshold may be sold until January 1, 2023.

E. Table 1: Category I and II Pesticides

Name	Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) in ppm
Category I (includes aldicarb, carbofuran, chlorpyrifos, coumaphos, daminozide, dichloryos, dimethoate, ethoprop(hos), etofenprox, fenoxycarb, imazalil, methocarb, methyl parathion, meyinphos, paclobutrazol, propoxur, spiroxamine, and thiacloprid)	0
Category II
Abamectin	0.3
Acephate	5
Acetamiprid	5
Acequinocyl	4
Azoxystrobin	40
Bifenazate	5
Bifenthrin	0.5
Boscalid	10
Captan	5
Carbaryl	0.5
Chlorantraniliprole	40
Clofentezine	0.5
Cyfluthrin	1
Cypermethrin	1
Diazinon	0.2
Dimethomorph	20
Etoxazole	1.5
Fenhexamid	10
Fenpyroximate	2
Flonicamid	2
Hexythiazox	2
Fludioxionil	30
Imidacloprid	3
Kresoxim-methyl	1
Malathion	5
Metalaxyl	15
Methomyl	0.1
Myclobutanil	9
Naled	0.5
Oxamyl	0.2
Pentachloronitrobenzene	0.2
Permethrin	20
Phosmet	0.2
Piperonylbutoxide	8
Prallethrin	0.4
Propiconazole	20
Pyrethrins	1
Pyradiben	3
Spinetoram	3
Spinosad	3
Spiromesifen	12
Spirotetramat	13
Tebuconazole	2
Thiamethoxam	4.5
Trifloxystrobin	30

Notes

La. Admin. Code tit. 49, § I-519

Promulgated by the Department of Health, Office of Public Health, LR 46359 (3/1/2020), Amended LR 47480 (4/1/2021), Amended LR 481291 (5/1/2022), Amended LR 482982 (12/1/2022), Amended LR 50407 (3/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1483(L) and R.S. 40:604.