Section R66-3-2 - Definitions(1) "Adulterant" means any poisonous or deleterious substance in a quantity that may be injurious to health, including: (g) artificially derived cannabinoids.(2) "Analyte" means a substance or chemical component that is undergoing analysis.(3)(a) "Artificially derived cannabinoid" means a chemical substance that is created by a chemical reaction that changes the molecular structure of any chemical substance derived from the cannabis plant.(b) "Artificially derived cannabinoid" does not include:(i) a naturally occurring chemical substance that is separated from the cannabis plant by a chemical or mechanical extraction process; or(ii) a cannabinoid that is produced by decarboxylation from a naturally occurring cannabinoid acid without the use of a chemical catalyst.(4) "Batch" means a quantity of: (a) cannabis concentrate produced on a particular date and time, following clean up until the next clean up during which the same lots of cannabis are used;(b) cannabis product produced on a particular date and time, following clean up until the next clean up during which cannabis concentrate is used; or(c) cannabis flower from a single strain and growing cycle packaged on a particular date and time, following clean up until the next clean up during which lots of cannabis are being used.(5) "Cannabinoid" means any: (a) naturally occurring derivative of cannabigerolic acid (CAS 25555-57-1); or(b) any chemical compound that is both structurally and chemically similar to a derivative of cannabigerolic acid.(6) "Cannabis" means any part of the marijuana plant.(7) "Cannabinoid concentrate" means: (a) the product of any chemical or physical process applied to naturally occurring biomass that concentrates or isolates the cannabinoids contained in the biomass; or(b) any amount of a natural or artificially derived cannabinoid.(8) "Cannabis cultivation facility" means a person that: (b) grows or intends to grow cannabis; and(c) sells or intends to sell cannabis to a cannabis cultivation facility or a cannabis processing facility.(9) "Cannabis cultivation byproduct" means any portion of a cannabis plant that is not intended to be sold as a cannabis plant product.(10) "Cannabis derivative product" means a cannabis product made using cannabis concentrate.(11) "Cannabinoid isolate" means a concentrated form of cannabinoid with less than a 0.3% combined concentration of THC or any THC analog that is intended for use as an ingredient in a cannabinoid product but is not grown by a Utah licensed cannabis cultivation facility.(12) "Cannabis plant product" means any portion of a cannabis plant intended to be sold in a form that is recognizable as a portion of a cannabis plant.(13) "Cannabis processing facility" means a person that:(a) acquires or intends to acquire cannabis from a cannabis production establishment;(b) possesses cannabis with the intent to manufacture a cannabis product;(c) manufactures or intends to manufacture a cannabis product from unprocessed cannabis or cannabis concentrate; and(d) sells or intends to sell a cannabis product to a medical cannabis pharmacy.(14) "Cannabis product" means a product that: (a) is intended for human use; and(b) contains cannabis or delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol.(15) "CBD" means cannabidiol (CAS 13956-29-1).(16) "CBDA" means cannabidiolic acid, (CAS 1244-58-2).(17) "Certificate of analysis" (COA) means a document produced by a testing laboratory listing the quantities of the various analytes for the performed testing.(18) "Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol" or "delta-9-THC" means the cannabinoid identified as CAS #1972-08-03, the primary psychotropic cannabinoid in cannabis.(19) "Department" means the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.(20) "Final product" means a reasonably homogenous cannabis product created using the same standard operating procedures and the same formulation: (a) in its final packaged form; or(b) for vapes, in the sealed vape cartridge.(21) "Foreign matter" means:(a) any matter that is present in a cannabis lot that is not a part of the cannabis plant; or(b) any matter that is present in a cannabis or cannabinoid product that is not listed as an ingredient, including seeds.(22) "Industrial hemp" means a cannabis plant that contains less than 0.3% total THC by dry weight.(23) "Lot" means the quantity of:(a) flower from a single strain of cannabis and growing cycle produced on a particular date and time, following clean up until the next clean up during which the same materials are used; or(b) trim, leaves, or other plant matter from cannabis plants produced on a particular date and time, following clean up until the next clean up.(24) "Pest" means: (a) any insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed; or(b) any other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life, virus, bacteria, or other microorganisms that are injurious to health or to the environment or that the department declares to be a pest.(25) "Pesticide" means any: (a) substance or mixture of substances, including a living organism, that is intended to prevent, destroy, control, repel, attract, or mitigate any insect, rodent, nematode, snail, slug, fungus, weed, or other forms of plant or animal life that are normally considered to be a pest or that the commissioner declares to be a pest;(b) any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant; and(c) any spray adjuvant, such as a wetting agent, spreading agent, deposit builder, adhesive, or emulsifying agent with deflocculating properties of its own, used with a pesticide to aid in the application or effect of a pesticide.(26) "Sampling technician" means a person tasked with collecting a representative sample of a cannabis plant product, cannabis concentrate, or cannabis product from a cannabis production establishment who is:(a) an employee of the department;(b) an employee of an independent cannabis laboratory that is licensed by the department to perform sampling; or(c) a person authorized by the department to perform sampling.(27) "Standard operating procedure" (SOP) means a document providing detailed instruction for the performance of a task.(28) "THC" means delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (CAS 1972-08-3).(29) "THCA" means delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (CAS 23978-85-0).(30) "THC analog" means the same as the term is defined in Subsection 4-41-102(23).(31) "Total CBD" means the sum of the determined amounts of CBD and CBDA.(32) "Total THC" means the sum of the determined amounts of delta-9-THC and delta-9-THCA, according to the formula: Total THC = delta-9-THC + (delta-9-THCA x 0.877).(33) "Unit" means each individual portion of an individually packaged product.(34) "Unknown Cannabinoid" means any component of a cannabis plant product, cannabis concentrate, or cannabis product that a laboratory determines is likely to be a cannabinoid by comparison of physical properties, including molecular weight, retention time, and absorption spectra but is not included in Table 2 or Table 3.(35) "Water activity" is a dimensionless measure of the water present in a substance that is available to microorganisms; calculated as the partial vapor pressure of water in the substance divided by the standard state partial vapor pressure of pure water at the same temperature.Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-11, effective 5/28/2024Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-21, effective 10/15/2024