New Mexico: from producer to shelf, what ends up on the label

Step by step: New Mexico

1. Step 1: Producer / harvest batch (Producer) A licensed producer harvests a batch of one strain, at most 15 lb, from one cultivation area under the same practices, including pesticides, and records it in the state's seed-to-sale system. Growers must also keep growing-media records and test non-municipal irrigation water every quarter and in-ground soil every year for arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury.
2. Step 2: The lab collects the sample (Testing lab) Since March 2023 the testing lab is responsible for collecting samples, using its own trained employees or contractors who completed the USDA hemp sampling-agent training and swear they have no stake in a cannabis business. The establishment must give access to the whole batch; increments are drawn at random through its length, width and depth (for dried flower, 10 for up to 5 lb plus 5 per extra pound). The Division may delay this for sites far from a lab.
3. Step 3: Batch on hold (Producer) After sampling, the batch is sealed in a secure container under controlled temperature, humidity and light, labelled with its seed-to-sale ID, the lab's name, the sampling date and, in capitals, AWAITING TEST RESULTS. DO NOT TRANSFER.
4. Step 4: Lab analysis (Testing lab) A Division-licensed lab, which no one with an interest in a cannabis establishment may co-own, checks potency (THC, THCA, CBD, CBDA), a 1 g visual inspection under 40x magnification, microbes, 15 named pesticides plus any not registered for use on cannabis, homogeneity where required and residual solvents for solvent-made extracts. Heavy metals and mycotoxins are not on the required list.
5. Step 5: Certificate of analysis (Testing lab) The lab and the establishment both record the sampling and testing in the seed-to-sale system, and the lab issues the certificate of analysis. A batch whose sample passes every required test is released. The establishment keeps all its results for two years and must make them available to consumers or retailers on request.
6. Step 6: Fail: fix it or destroy it (CCD) A failed batch may be remediated within 120 days: flower that fails for microbes or visible mold can only be fixed by solvent extraction, and remediated product must pass the failed test again. Product that cannot be remediated is destroyed, and the establishment must tell the Cannabis Control Division within 24 hours.
7. Step 7: Package + label (Manufacturer / packager) The principal display panel shows the product identity, net quantity in US and metric units, potency confirmed by a testing lab, the Division's red THC diamond (at least 1/2 inch) and the 21+ warning. An information panel or static QR code carries the rest: manufacturer and license number, pesticides the producer used, manufacture and expiration dates, ingredients, an FDA statement, the poison center number and the seed-to-sale ID.
8. Step 8: Retail sale (Retailer) A licensed retailer sells to adults 21+ and to medical patients. For adult-use sales, edibles are capped at 10 mg THC per serving and 100 mg per container, and the potency printed on an edible or topical may be off by no more than 15%.