Cannabis Regulations — 1
2 of March 12, 1998 and registered as SOR/98-156. ( ancien Règlement sur le chanvre industriel ) grow area means, in respect of a site set out in a licence, an area of the site where cannabis plants are cultivated, harvested or propagated. ( zone de culture ) hospital means, except in Part 8, a facility (a) that is licensed, approved or designated by a province under the laws of the province to provide care or treatment to individuals suffering from any form of disease or illness; or (b) that is owned or operated by the Government of Canada or the government of a province and that provides health services. ( hôpital ) immediate container means a container that is in direct contact with cannabis or a cannabis accessory that is a cannabis product or, if a wrapper is in direct contact with the cannabis or the cannabis accessory, with the wrapper. ( contenant immédiat ) import permit means a permit issued under subsection 62(1) of the Act that authorizes the importation of cannabis for medical or scientific purposes. ( permis d’importation ) ingestion includes absorption in the mouth. ( ingestion ) ingredient means (a) in the case of a cannabis extract or a cannabis topical, a substance, other than anything referred to in item 1 or 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act, that is used to produce the cannabis extract or cannabis topical, including any substance used in the manufacture of that substance, and that is present in the final form of the cannabis extract or cannabis topical; and (b) in the case of edible cannabis, (i) a substance, other than anything referred to in item 1 or 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act, (A) that is used to produce the edible cannabis if the use of the substance results, or may reasonably be expected to result, in the substance or its by-products becoming a part of, or affecting the characteristics of, the edible cannabis, or (B) that is part of a mixture of substances referred to in item 2 of that Schedule that is used to produce the edible cannabis if the use of the mixture results, or may reasonably be expected to result, in the substance or its by-products becoming a part of, or affecting the characteristics of, the edible cannabis, or (ii) a mixture of substances, other than anything referred to in item 1 or 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act, (A) that is used to produce the edible cannabis if the use of the mixture results, or may reasonably be expected to result, in the mixture or its by-products becoming a part of, or affecting the characteristics of, the edible cannabis, or (B) that is part of a mixture of substances referred to in item 2 of that Schedule that is used to produce the edible cannabis if the use of the latter mixture results, or may reasonably be expected to result, in the former mixture or its by-products becoming a part of, or affecting the characteristics of, the edible cannabis. ( ingrédient ) licence means a licence issued under subsection 62(1) of the Act in relation to cannabis. ( licence ) Lists of Permitted Food Additives has the same meaning as in subsection B.01.001(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations . ( Listes des additifs alimentaires autorisés ) marketing authorization [Repealed, SOR/2024-244, s. 166] meat product has the same meaning as in subsection B.01.001(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations . ( produit de viande ) mineral nutrient has the same meaning as in subsection D.02.001(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations except that it does not include sodium, potassium or chloride or compounds that include those elements. ( minéral nutritif ) non-therapeutic research on cannabis means research that involves the distribution of cannabis to human participants by the holder of a licence for research and that is not a clinical trial as defined in section C.05.001 of the Food and Drug Regulations for which the sale of cannabis is authorized in accordance with section C.05.006 of those Regulations. This definition does not include research (a) related to the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or preve