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Why child-resistant cannabis packaging is so important

The Cannigma

2 3 Why is packaging so important? An example of infused snacks available for purchase online in California In the US, thanks to prohibition , every legal state – medical or recreational or both – has its own packaging rules and regulations. 7 8 What happens when children accidentally eat edibles?

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WestPack 2023 to Deliver Packaging Innovations, Networking and Focused Content on Packaging for the Medical Device, Food & Beverage and Cannabis Industries

Medical Marijuana Program Connection

–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WestPack 2023, the leading packaging event on the West Coast, announces a new strategic plan to provide solutions. ANAHEIM, Calif.–(BUSINESS Read More

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Alert: Attorney General Bonta: Cannabis-Infused Edibles Packaged as Popular Food and Candy Products Are Unsafe and Illegal

Cannabis Law Report

OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert warning Californians of cannabis-infused edibles that are being packaged and sold as copycat versions of popular food and candy products. In California, legal cannabis products must be affixed with the universal symbol.

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Major Food and Beverage Companies Call Out Marijuana Copycats

Canna Law Blog

Last week, a coalition of major food and beverage companies (self-identified as “consumer packaged goods companies”) asked Congress to do more about the growing number of copycat THC edible products and counterfeit trademarks piggybacking off of their well-known items. Post Consumer Brands, and Kellogg Company.

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Innovative Packaging Company Acquires Landmark Packaging, Expanding Regional Footprint

Cannabis Law Report

Vancouver, WA-based Custom Specialty Packaging Supplier Expands Product and Service Capabilities Across Western United States. & DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Innovative Packaging Company (“IPC”) today announced the acquisition of privately held, Colorado-based Landmark Packaging, Inc. VANCOUVER, Wash. & Landmark”).

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Cannabis Isn’t Food. Don’t Test It Like It Is.

Medicinal Genomics

The foundation for these misconceptions is the idea that cannabis testing regulations should mimic the food industry. We reject this idea because cannabis flower has two major departures from food: it contains high concentrations of antibiotics and it is dried and inhaled. Cannabis Flower Contains High Concentrations of Antibiotics.

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Copycat Cannabis Packaging Has Major Candy Brands Seeing Red

Veriheal

While some of these copycats have been creative with manipulating the original packaging for the cannabis products, problems are arising due to the fact that children may not be able to tell the original and the copycat apart. As you can see, most of the copycat packaging consists of candy. What Are These Candy Copycats?