Cannabis Health & Safety Advisory Committee Meeting Thursday, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Cannabis Health & Safety Advisory Committee Meeting Thursday, February 1 1:00PM – 3:00PM Denver’s Nationally Accredited Public Health Department CONNECT WITH US 311 | POCKETGOV | DENVERGOV.ORG | DENVER 8 TV

Comm mmittee ee Purp urpose ose The committee is an advisory group. The purpose of the committee is to provide suggestions and input to Denver’s public health administrator, the Executive Director of the Denver Department of Public Health & Environment (DDPHE), as well as other city officials and the Board of Environmental Health regarding health and safety issues associated with the production and consumption of cannabis products.

What will the e comm mmittee ee re review? Health and safety issues associated with cannabis products • and ingredients intended for human consumption. Health and safety issues associated with the cultivation, • harvesting, and drying/curing/finishing processes used to cultivate and process cannabis plants. Health and safety issues associated with production processes • used to manufacture cannabis products. • Potential Denver cannabis health regulations.

Hou ousek sekee eeping ping • Time commitment • Public comment guidelines • Healthy Meeting Policy • Breaks

Den enver er Pub Public ic Hea ealth th & Envi viron onme ment nt Empowering Denver’s communities to live better, longer 5 Divisi isions ons Public ic Health th Inspecti pections ons Estab ablishmen ishments ts 2 Division Sections Food Service & MJ • • • Office of the Medical Examiner • Child care facilities o Food Safety & Marijuana • Residential health • Denver Animal o Healthy Families Protection • Noise Healthy Homes Lead • • Environmental Quality • Body art • Community Health establishments Public Health • Pools • Partner closely with Inspections • Boarding homes Denver Public Health • Syringe access programs

DEH Backgr ground ound with th Leg egal l Cann nnabis 2010: Food safety inspections of marijuana food businesses begin • • 2014: Twice annual inspections of all Denver marijuana infused product manufacturers and retailers begin; first Denver MJ recall • 2015: Enforcement actions for pesticide contaminated MJ products begin, first Marijuana Management Symposium • 2017: CBD product enforcement, Cannabis Sustainability Guide, Marijuana Health & Safety Hotline, Industry meeting • 2018: Cannabis Health and Safety Advisory Committee

Ma Mari rijuana juana Bus usine ness ss Licen enses ses Medical ical Ret etail ail Denver has 10 distinct marijuana licenses. • Centers • Stores • Cultivation • Cultivation • Infused Products (MIP) • Infused Products (MIP) • Testing Facility • Testing Facility Currently, Denver has Both oth ~1,100 licenses operating out of ~500 unique • Social Consumption locations. • Transport

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Authority thority Denver Revised Municipal Code: • Chapter 23: Food & Food Handlers o Denver is a home-rule jurisdiction- only CO locality with own food safety regs o Regulations (Ch 23, D.R.M.C.) are applied to marijuana food businesses since 2010 o Includes concentrates if ingested • Chapter 24: Health & Sanitation o Promote health of city and inhabitants/visitors o Enforcement authority for hindering an investigation o Authority to conduct recalls for contamination issues

Ins nspect ection on Pr Proc ocess ess Over ervi view Role e of Food d Safety ety Secti tion on with MJ Food d Operat atio ions ns • Conduct plan reviews • Approve business licenses • Inspect food businesses & apply Denver Food Establishment Regulations • Investigate complaints Timeline: • o 2010: Started routine inspections of MJ food operations o 2012 & 2013: Complaint investigations only o 2014 - present: Routine inspections at least twice per year & contamination investigations as needed

Disc iscuss ussion ion 1: Implementation plementation of ra random ndom sampling/ pling/testing esting dur uring ng routin utine e insp nspecti ections ons Backgr ground ound Issues ues Meeting ing Activity ivity Contaminant testing • • Hemp products: no required by MED for testing requirements MJ & MJ products • MJ & MJ products: Businesses conduct • sampling integrity the sampling • MJ concentrates: no • Option for process pesticide testing validation; if required; only for MJ achieved, testing • Ideas to make this a plant material frequency drops from meaningful every batch to one process? per month

Disc iscuss ussion ion 2: Iden entify/prioritize ify/prioritize additio ditiona nal l co cons nsumer umer protectio ection n co conc ncerns erns Backgr ground ound Examples Ex les Meeting ing Activity ivity Lack of scientific • • Added ingredients research or evidence Equipment • exists to evaluate Hemp derived • potential public health products concerns of consuming/using • Pesticide cannabis products contamination No federal oversight •

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