Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › DAIRY, FOOD AND EGGS › Chapter 16-171 - Hemp extract certification › Section 16-171-110 - Hemp extract-Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Definitions for terms used in this
				chapter may be found in chapters 69.07 and 15.130 RCW, and Title 21 C.F.R. as
				adopted in WAC
				16-167-050,
				unless otherwise provided in this chapter.
(2) For the purposes of this chapter, the
				following definitions apply:
(a)
"Adequate"
means that which is needed to accomplish the intended
				purpose in keeping with good public health practice.
(b)
"Adulterate"
has the same
				meaning as provided in
				RCW
				15.130.200 except that the department does
				not consider hemp extract itself to be adulterated when produced in compliance
				with RCW 69.07.220 and these rules for use as a food ingredient in another
				state that allows its use as a food ingredient.
(c)
"Certification criteria
				violation"
means any violation of the inspection criteria that must be
				met prior to the issuance of a hemp extract certification.
(d)
"Critical violation"
means a
				violation of the inspection criteria that results in hemp extract adulteration
				or that has the potential to contribute to conditions resulting in such
				adulteration.
(e)
"Department"
means the Washington state department of agriculture
				(WSDA).
(f)
"Director"
means the director of the department.
(g)
"Facility or hemp extract
				facility"
means any premise, plant, building, room, area, or facility
				which processes, prepares, or handles hemp for production of hemp extract for
				use as a food ingredient in another state that allows its use as a food
				ingredient.
(h)
"Hemp"
has the same meaning as provided for in
				RCW
				15.140.020 and means the plant
Cannabis sativa L.
and any part of the plant, including the
				seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids,
				salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9
				tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight
				basis.
(i)
"Hemp
				extract"
means a substance or compound intended for human ingestion that
				is derived from, or made by, manufacturing hemp. The term does not include hemp
				seeds or hemp seed-derived ingredients that are generally recognized as safe by
				the United States Food and Drug administration.
(j)
"Hemp extract certification"
means a certification issued by the department to a hemp extract facility
				manufacturing hemp extract for export to other states, which certifies the hemp
				extract facility's compliance with Washington state's inspection and sanitation
				requirements.
(k)
"Hemp
				processor"
has the same meaning as provided for in
				RCW
				15.140.020, and means a person who takes
				possession of raw hemp material with the intent to modify, package, or sell a
				transitional or finished hemp product.
(l)
"Sanitize"
means to
				adequately treat hemp extract contact surfaces by a process that is effective
				in destroying vegetative cells of microorganisms of public health significance,
				and in substantially reducing numbers of other undesirable microorganisms, but
				without adversely affecting the product or its safety for the
				consumer.
(m)
"Significant
				violation"
means any violation of the inspection criteria not deemed to
				be a critical violation as described in WAC 16-171-140.