Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 1300 - CANNABIS REGULATION AND TAX ACT › Subpart D - CRAFT GROWERS › Section 1300.375 - Operations - Infused or Processed Products

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Any area within the craft grower where
				cannabis will be manufactured into an edible form shall comply with the
				Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Sanitary Food Preparation Act, and Food
				Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. No cannabis-infused products requiring
				refrigeration or hot-holding or considered potentially hazardous food meeting
				the definition of Section 4 of the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act
				shall be manufactured at a craft grower for sale or distribution at a
				dispensing organization.
b) DPH may
				at all times enter every building, room, basement, enclosure, or premises
				occupied or used or suspected of being occupied or used for the production,
				preparation, manufacture for sale, storage, sale, distribution, or
				transportation of cannabis-infused products to inspect the premises and all
				utensils, fixtures, furniture, and machinery used for the preparation of these
				products.
c) If a local health
				department has a reasonable belief that a craft grower's cannabis-infused
				product poses a public health hazard, it may refer the craft grower to DPH for
				inspection.
d) General Sanitary
				Requirements. All areas permitted in the craft grower for the production of
				cannabis-infused products shall take all reasonable measures and precautions to
				ensure that:
1) Any person who, by medical
				examination or supervisory observation, is shown to have, or appears to have,
				an illness, open lesion (e.g., boils, sores, infected wounds), or any other
				abnormal source of microbial contamination for which there is a reasonable
				possibility of contact with cannabis shall be excluded from any operations that
				may be expected to result in microbial contamination until the condition is
				corrected;
2) Hand-washing
				facilities are adequate and convenient and are furnished with running water at
				a suitable temperature. Hand-washing facilities shall be located in the
				licensed premises where good sanitary practices require employees to wash
				and/or sanitize their hands, and provide effective hand-cleaning and sanitizing
				preparations and sanitary towel service or suitable drying devices;
3) All persons working in direct contact with
				cannabis shall conform to hygienic practices while on duty, including but not
				limited to:
A) Maintaining adequate personal
				cleanliness;
B) Washing hands
				thoroughly in adequate hand-washing areas before starting work and at any other
				time when the hands may have become soiled or contaminated;
C) Refraining from having direct contact with
				cannabis if the person has or may have an illness, open lesion, including
				boils, sores or infected wounds, or any other abnormal source of microbial
				contamination, until the condition is corrected.
4) Litter and waste are properly removed and
				the operating systems for waste disposal are maintained in an adequate manner
				so that they do not constitute a source of contamination in areas where
				cannabis is exposed;
5) Floors,
				walls and ceilings are constructed in a manner that they may be kept adequately
				clean and in good repair;
6) There
				is adequate lighting in all areas where cannabis is stored and where equipment
				or utensils are cleaned;
7) There
				is adequate screening or other protection against the entry of pests. Rubbish
				shall be disposed of to minimize the development of odor and minimize the
				potential for the waste becoming an attractant, harborage or breeding place for
				pests;
8) Any buildings, fixtures
				and other facilities are maintained in a sanitary condition;
9) Toxic cleaning compounds, sanitizing
				agents, and solvents used in the production of cannabis concentrates shall be
				identified, held, and stored in a manner that:
A) protects against contamination of
				cannabis; and
B) is in accordance
				with any applicable local, State or federal law, rule, regulation or
				ordinance;
10) All
				contact surfaces, including utensils and equipment used for the preparation of
				cannabis or cannabis-infused product, shall be cleaned and sanitized as
				frequently as necessary to protect against contamination. Equipment and
				utensils shall be designed and made of material and workmanship that is
				adequately cleanable, and shall be properly maintained. Only sanitizing agents
				registered with the Department pursuant to the Illinois Pesticide Act shall be
				used in craft growers and shall be used in accordance with labeled
				instructions;
11) The water supply
				shall be sufficient for the operations intended and shall be derived from a
				source that is a regulated water system. Private water supplies shall be
				derived from a water source that is capable of providing a safe, potable and
				adequate supply of water to meet the facility's needs;
12) Plumbing shall be of adequate size and
				design, and adequately installed and maintained, to carry sufficient quantities
				of water to the required locations throughout the facility. Plumbing shall
				properly convey sewage and liquid disposable waste from the facility. There
				shall be no cross-connections between the potable and waste water
				lines;
13) All operations in the
				receiving, inspecting, transporting, segregating, preparing, producing,
				packaging and storing of cannabis and cannabis-infused products shall be
				conducted in accordance with adequate sanitation principles;
14) Each craft grower shall provide its
				employees with adequate and readily accessible toilet facilities that are
				maintained in a sanitary condition and good repair; and
15) Cannabis that can support the rapid
				growth of undesirable microorganisms shall be held in a manner that prevents
				the growth of these microorganisms.