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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">            (b)  Cannabis product batches containing cannabis extract or products that are infused with cannabis or cannabis extract may not exceed 70,000 unpackaged retail servings;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">    (3)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">Assign a unique batch identifier to the cannabis or cannabis products; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">    (4)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">When cannabis is harvested or trimmed:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">            (a)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">Cannabis flower shall be assigned to a batch containing a single strain from a single harvest date; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">            (b)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">Cannabis trim may be assigned to a batch containing multiple strains and from multiple trimming dates.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">    A batch may be divided into multiple containers. If a cannabis or cannabis product yield is in excess of the batch size limitations, the yield must be divided into separate batches in accordance with this section in order to be sampled. With the exception of trim, all cannabis and cannabis products in each batch must be uniform throughout.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0-000001">Source:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">48 SDR 40, effective October 5, 2021; 49 SDR 9, effective August 8, 2022.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-72"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0-000003">34-20G-72</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">(5)(d)(k)</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">(l)</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-72"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0-000003">34-20G-72</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665C0">(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s837f35ad-52bb-4e72-935b-76f25fd20665000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>