Section 21a-420w - Food and beverage manufacturer license(a) On and after July 1, 2021, the department may issue or renew a license for a person to be a food and beverage manufacturer. No person may act as a food and beverage manufacturer or represent that such person is a licensed food and beverage manufacturer unless such person has obtained a license from the department pursuant to this section.(b) A food and beverage manufacturer may incorporate cannabis into foods or beverages as an ingredient. A food and beverage manufacturer shall not perform extraction of cannabis into a cannabis concentrate nor create any product that is not a food or beverage intended to be consumed by humans.(c) A food and beverage manufacturer may package or label any food or beverage prepared by the food and beverage manufacturer at the establishment subject to the license.(d) A food and beverage manufacturer may sell, transfer or transport its own products to a cannabis establishment, cannabis testing laboratory or research program, or obtain cannabis from a cannabis establishment, cannabis testing laboratory or research program for manufacturing purposes, provided such transportation is performed by utilizing its own employees or a transporter. A food and beverage manufacturer may not deliver any cannabis, cannabis products or food or beverage incorporating cannabis to a consumer, directly or through a delivery service.(e) All products created by a food and beverage manufacturer shall be labeled in accordance with the policies and procedures issued by the commissioner to implement, and any regulations adopted pursuant to, RERACA as well as federal Food and Drug Administration and United States Department of Agriculture requirements.(f) A food and beverage manufacturer shall ensure all equipment utilized for manufacturing, processing and packaging cannabis is sanitary and inspected regularly to deter the adulteration of cannabis in accordance with RERACA as well as federal Food and Drug Administration and United States Department of Agriculture requirements.(g)(1) A food and beverage manufacturer may expand the food and beverage manufacturer's authorized activities to include the authorized activities of a product manufacturer if: (A) The food and beverage manufacturer submits to the department (i) a completed license expansion application on a form and in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, and (ii) the fee prescribed in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (6) of subsection (c) of section 21a-420e; and(B) the commissioner authorizes the food and beverage manufacturer, in writing, to expand such food and beverage manufacturer's authorized activities to include the authorized activities of a product manufacturer.(2) A food and beverage manufacturer that expands the food and beverage manufacturer's authorized activities to include the authorized activities of a product manufacturer under this subsection shall comply with all provisions of this chapter, and all regulations, policies and procedures prescribed pursuant to this chapter, concerning product manufacturers. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this chapter, or any regulation, policy or procedure prescribed pursuant to this chapter, concerning food and beverage manufacturers and any such provision, regulation, policy or procedure concerning product manufacturers, the provision, regulation, policy or procedure imposing the more stringent public health and safety standard shall prevail.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-420w
Amended by P.A. 24-0076,S. 16 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by P.A. 23-0079, S. 34 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2023.Added by P.A. 21-0001, S. 44 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Special Session, eff. 7/1/2021.