Understanding the Package.
Here are several examples for your reference. These examples offer detailed information about the cannabis product package, which should enhance your understanding.
There are numerous types of packaging for cannabis products, but each will contain similar required information based on the state regulations. This is a basic guide to help you identify the information you may need.
Edible Package - Front
- Company labeled anticipated effect that the product provides.
- Highlighting a dietary information.
- Amount of product in the container.
- Weight of the product.
- Complete total of primary cannabinoids in the package.
- Total amount of primary cannabinoids per serving or per single product.
- Flavor name.
- Flavor type.
- Cannabis universal symbol. This is an example of California’s symbol showing that the product consists of marijuana.
Edible Package - Side
- Expiration date if applicable. Breakdown of smell, taste, and potency happens over time.
- When the company packaged the product for sale.
- Inventory tracking number for the product manufacturer. Sometimes called code number or batch number.
- When the product was made.
- Tracking number issued through the state’s tracking system.
Edible Package - Back
- Government warning that this is cannabis and other cautions.
- Warning, disclaimer, and possibly more notes.
- Nutrition information.
- List of ingredients used to make the product.
- Allergens that may or may not be in the product.
- Directions that the company is offering. Cannabis products can be taken in different amounts.
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- Highlighted dietary information.
Flower Jar - Front
- Strain name.
- The strain name can help direct you to different products and assist in anticipating common traits that the strain can provide. These common traits come from user reviews that have used that strain.
- Strain Type.
- Strain types often give common traits that can be expected in cannabis products. It is basically the cannabis industry categorizing large portions of product traits.
- Net weight.
- The weight of the product. Some use this as a common term of the amount of product they are receiving.
- Cannabis universal symbol.
- This is an example of California’s symbol showing that the product consists of marijuana.
Flower Jar - Back
- Potency of the product and will specify the intoxicating cannabinoid THC.
- Total number/percentage of all cannabinoids in the product. The more cannabinoids in a strain, the higher possibility for health benefits it can demonstrate.
- Total number of terpenes in the product. Many products use terpenes to give their projected effects.
- Anticipated effects that the company is aiming for the product to provide. Many others use adjective words to express the anticipated effects like happy, balance, calm, etc.
- When the product was farmed.
- Inventory tracking number for the product manufacturer. Sometimes called code number or lot code.
- Tracking number issued through the state’s tracking system.
- Expiration date if applicable. Breakdown of smell, taste, and potency happens over time.
- When the company packaged the product for sale.
- Warning, disclaimer, and possibly more notes.
- Government warning that this is cannabis and other cautions.