Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 14 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › Subtitle 17 - MARYLAND CANNABIS ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 14.17.11 - Cannabis Processor Operations › Section 14.17.11.12 - Edible Cannabis Product Processing - Agent Sanitation

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. The permittee
				shall ensure that each agent:
(1) Practices
				good personal hygiene and does not contaminate ingredients or edible cannabis
				products;
(2) Wears clean outerwear
				and, if necessary, a hair or beard covering, or both;
(3) Wears gloves when handling any cannabis
				plant material or cannabis concentrate;
(4) If wearing gloves:
(a) Uses gloves that are intended for food
				contact;
(b) Washes their hands
				thoroughly before putting on the gloves; and
(c) Washes their hands and replaces the
				gloves in accordance with COMAR
				10.15.03.14J and
				after an activity that:
(i) Is likely to soil
				the gloves; or
(ii) Damages the
				gloves;
(5) If
				not wearing gloves, washes their hands and the exposed portions of their arms:
(a) Frequently, and after an activity that is
				likely to soil their hands;
(b)
				Immediately upon entrance to any area containing ingredients or edible cannabis
				products;
(c) Immediately before
				engaging in preparation for the production of edible cannabis
				products;
(d) After using the
				lavatory;
(e) After coughing,
				sneezing, or using a handkerchief or disposable tissue;
(f) After using tobacco;
(g) After eating or drinking;
(h) After handling soiled linens, equipment,
				or cookware;
(i) During preparation
				for production of edible cannabis products, as often as necessary to remove
				soil and contamination and to prevent cross-contamination when changing
				tasks;
(j) When switching between
				working with ingredients or unfinished edible cannabis products and working
				with fully processed edible cannabis products;
(k) Before donning gloves for working with
				edible cannabis products or ingredients; and
(l) After engaging in any other activities
				that may contaminate the hands;
(6) If handling ingredients or edible
				cannabis products, maintains trim and clean fingernails and does not wear
				artificial fingernails; and
(7) Is
				excluded from working with ingredients or edible cannabis products, packaging
				materials, labeling materials, clean equipment, clean utensils, or clean
				linens:
(a) If the agent has any disease
				caused by:
(i) Entamoeba
				histolytica;
(ii) Vibrio
				cholera;
(iii) Staphylococcus
				aureus;
(iv) Escherichia coli
				O157:H7 or other Enterohemorrhagic or Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia
				coli;
(v) Hepatitis A;
(vi) Salmonella spp.;
(vii) Shigella spp.;
(viii) Norovirus;
(ix) Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus;
				or
(x) Salmonella Typhi,
				typhoid-like fever or carrier thereof;
(b) If the agent has an:
(i) Illness transmissible through food or
				edible cannabis products; or
(ii)
				Exposed and open sore or cut; or
(c) If the agent is experiencing:
(i) Persistent sneezing, coughing, or a runny
				nose that causes discharges from the eyes, nose, or mouth;
(ii) Fever;
(iii) Diarrhea, unless a physician has
				certified the agent as noninfectious;
(iv) Vomiting; or
(v) Jaundice, unless a physician has
				certified the agent as noninfectious.