La. PUBLIC HEALTH-FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS § 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.

11. a cannabinoid profile for the "active ingredient" (cannabinoid-containing distillate or isolate used in formulating the finished product) listing all major cannabinoid constituents by percentage of dry weight.

D. Repealed.

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

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La. PUBLIC HEALTH-FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS § 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), Amended LR 51 (EMERGENCY).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4(A)(13), R.S. 3:1483(L) and R.S. 40:604.