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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.