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 Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017)
 Title 3. Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
 Part 3.1. Banking, Securities, Small Loans and Corporations.
 Chapter 3.306. Regulation of Marijuana Industry.
 Article 3.306.3. Retail Marijuana Stores.

  Section 3.306.645. Laboratory testing of marijuana and marijuana products.  

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  • 	(a)  A marijuana testing facility shall use the general body of required laboratory tests as set out in this section for marijuana plant material, an extract or concentrate of marijuana, and an edible marijuana product. Required tests may include potency analysis, moisture content, foreign matter inspection, microbial screening, pesticide, other chemical residue, and metals screening, and residual solvents levels. A marijuana testing facility shall establish a schedule of fees and sample size required for each test it offers.  
	(b)  The tests required for each marijuana type or marijuana product, are as follows:  
		(1) potency testing is required on marijuana bud and flower, marijuana concentrate, and a marijuana product, as follows:  
			(A) the required cannabinoid potency test must at least determine the concentration of THC, THCA, CBD, CBDA and CBN cannabinoids; a marijuana testing facility may test and report results for any additional cannabinoid if the test is conducted in compliance with a validated method;  
			(B) a marijuana testing facility shall report potency test results as follows:  
				(i) for a potency test on marijuana and marijuana concentrate, the marijuana testing facility shall list for each required cannabinoid a single percentage concentration that represents an average of all samples within the test batch; alternatively, the sum of THC and THCA may be reported as total THC; the sum of CBD and CBDA may be reported as total CBD;  
				(ii) for a potency test on a marijuana product, whether conducted on each individual production lot or using process validation, the marijuana testing facility shall list for each cannabinoid the total number of milligrams contained withing a single retail marijuana product unit for sale;  
				(iii) for testing whether the THC content is homogenous, the marijuana testing facility shall report the THC content of each single serving in a multi-unit package; the reported content must be within 20 percent of the manufacturer's target; for example, in a 25 milligrams total THC package with five servings, each serving must contain between four and six milligrams of THC;  
			(C) the marijuana testing facility shall determine an edible marijuana product to have failed potency testing if  
				(i) an individually packaged edible retail marijuana product contained within a test lot is determined to have more than 50 milligrams of THC within it; or  
				(ii) the THC content of an edible marijuana product is not homogenous;  
		(2) microbial testing for the listed substances on the listed marijuana products is required as follows:  
  Substance        Acceptable
                   Limits
                      Per Gram            Product to be Tested
Shiga-toxin
producing
Escherichja
coli (STEC) -
bacteria       less than 1 colony
               forming unit (CFU/g)   flower; retail marijuana
                                      products; water- and food-based
                                      concentrates
Salmonella
species -
bacteria       less than 1 colony
               forming unit (CFU/g)
Aspergillus
fumigatus,
Aspergillus
flavus,
Aspergillus
niger -
Fungus         less than 1 colony
               forming unit (CFU/g)
		(3) testing for the listed residual solvents and metals on the listed marijuana products is required as follows:  
  Substance        Acceptable
                   Limits
                      Per Gram            Product to be Tested
   butanes     less than 800 parts
               per million (PPM)          solvent-based concentrates
   heptanes    less than 500 parts
               per million (PPM)
   benzene     less than .025 parts
               per million (PPM)
   toluene     less than 1 parts per
               million (PPM)
    hexane     less than 10 parts
               per million (PPM)
Total xylenes
(meta-xylenes,
 para-xylenes,
 ortho-xyleres
)              less than 1 parts per
               million (PPM)

Authorities

17.38.010;17.38.070;17.38.121;17.38.150;17.38.190;17.38.200;17.38.900

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