Oregon: from farm to shelf, what ends up on the label

Step by step: Oregon

1. Step 1: Harvest lot into batches (Producer) An OLCC-licensed producer splits each harvest lot into batches of 50 pounds or less, gives each a unique batch number, records it in Metrc, the OLCC's seed-to-sale system, and orders testing (a licensed wholesaler may order it instead). This becomes the label's producer, UID, strain and harvest date.
2. Step 2: A lab employee samples (Accredited lab) Only employees of a lab accredited for sampling may take samples, at the licensee's premises, or the licensee brings the entire batch to the lab. The whole batch must be available, in containers of 15 pounds or less, and the increments must add up to at least 0.5% of the batch.
3. Step 3: Compliance panel (Accredited lab) The lab, accredited by ORELAP (the Oregon Health Authority's accreditation program) and licensed by the OLCC, tests every batch for pesticides, water activity and moisture, potency (delta-9-THC, THCA, delta-8-THC, CBD, CBDA), heavy metals, mycotoxins and microbes, and enters the results in Metrc.
4. Step 4: Fail, reanalyze, confirm (OLCC / OHA) A failed sample may be reanalyzed by the same lab, but if it then passes, a second lab, under different ownership, must resample the batch and confirm the pass. The batch must stay whole while that happens. A batch that fails microbial testing can be sterilized or extracted and then retested; anything not remediated is destroyed.
5. Step 5: Package + label (Packager) The packager labels the container: producer and license, the packager if different, the Metrc UID, harvest date, strain, net weight in grams and ounces, THC and CBD exactly as the lab calculated them, and the name of the lab and the test date.
6. Step 6: Universal symbol + warnings (OLCC / OHA) The principal display panel carries the product identity, the net quantity and Oregon's universal symbol, at least 0.48 by 0.35 inches and never recolored or reshaped, plus two warnings about age and driving. A target potency on the label may not differ from the lab's value by more than 10%.
7. Step 7: Retail check + sale (Retailer) If an item arrives mislabeled, the retailer must notify the OLCC and either return it or add only the missing label components with a sticker. At the time of sale it hands every customer the state's Marijuana Information Card.
8. Step 8: OLCC audit testing (OLCC / OHA) The OLCC can require any licensee to submit samples to labs of its choosing. If audit results differ from a batch's original potency test with statistical significance at the 99% level, it can order the batch relabeled with the audit average.