An Act To Require Tamper-evident Packaging for Recreational Marijuana Products
Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §2442, sub-§44-A is enacted to read:
Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §2448, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by IB 2015, c. 5, §1, is amended to read:
All retail marijuana and retail marijuana products sold at a licensed retail marijuana store must be in tamper-evident packaging and packaged and labeled as required by rules of the state licensing authority and pursuant to section 2446, subsection 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a retail marijuana store licensee may also sell retail marijuana products that are in tamper-evident packaging and prepackaged and labeled as required by rules of the state licensing authority and pursuant to section 2446, subsection 1.
summary
This bill requires that all retail marijuana and retail marijuana products sold at a retail marijuana store be in tamper-evident packaging, which involves a device or process such as a seal, label or marking that makes unauthorized access to or tampering with a package, product or container easily detectable.