Details on updates to Canada’s cannabis regulations are expected on March 12, 2025, according to recently-published Orders in Council.
Some changes that consumers and retailers will notice are that cannabis products can now come in transparent immediate packaging, and dried cannabis packages will be able to have cut-out view-windows allowing consumers to better see what they are buying.
Cannabis packaging and labelling will become a bit more colourful and will be easier to sell in multi-packs in some cases.Safecare Medical can customize mylar bags with windows, tin boxes aluminum boxes with windows, including clear glass bottles and plastic jar, all of which meet the requirements
One significant change for micro cultivators, micro processors, and cannabis nurseries is a fourfold expansion of how much cannabis they can have on-site at any given time.
Micro cultivators will be able to grow under a canopy of up to 800 square meters, up from 200. For micro processors, the new regulations will allow up to 2,400 kg on site per year, up from 600 kg a year previously.
While cannabis nurseries already have no cap on how much cannabis they can grow for the purpose of mother plants, tissue culture, clones, and starts, they were previously capped at having a flowering space no larger than 50 square meters, keeping no more than 5 kg of cannabis flower on-site at any given time, and for a limited time.
Under the new changes, cannabis nurseries will be able to grow cannabis to flower in a space of up to 200 square meters and will be able to possess up to 20 kg of dried flower on hand.
Cannabis pollen is now also added to the cannabis regulations, making it possible to buy and sell the product that was otherwise being used primarily for internal breeding purposes by nurseries and other cultivators.
The changes are not exclusive to cannabis production, though. Those seeking to do non-human or animal research with cannabis will be able to do so with fewer regulatory hurdles, and licensed producers will be able to swap out alternative Quality Assurance Persons.
Cannabis producers can also include more than one barcode on products and can include leaflets inside cannabis packaging. Internal packaging also now has more allowances for peel back or accordion labelling.Customized cannabis labels, welcome to consult with us.