The required fields on a Nevada flower package
Regulation 12.040 governs the label on usable cannabis sold at a Nevada sales facility. NRS 678A.250 defines usable cannabis as the dried leaves and flowers of a plant of the genus Cannabis, and any mixture or preparation thereof, and excludes the seeds, stalks and roots. The section lists what the label must include, without limitation: the business or trade name and the cannabis establishment ID of the cannabis cultivation facility that cultivated and sold the usable cannabis, the batch number, the lot number, the quantity sold including the net weight measured in ounces and grams or by volume as appropriate, the name and address of the sales facility, and the cannabinoid profile and potency levels and terpenoid profile as determined by the cannabis independent testing laboratory. Then come the harvest date and the warning lines. Two things are worth knowing. First, the rule permits the label to include the potential total THC but bars any other calculated level of THC, so there is no second, larger headline number to look for. Second, strain name is not on the enumerated list. It reaches you through the product name and through the batch itself, because Regulation 1.060 defines a batch as usable flower and trim grown from one or more seeds or cuttings of the same strain of cannabis and harvested on or before a specified final date of harvest.
- Governing rule at retail
- NCCR 12.040, usable cannabis
- Net weight format
- Ounces and grams, or by volume as appropriate
- Source of test figures
- Cannabis independent testing laboratory
- THC figure allowed
- Potential total THC, no other calculated THC level
- Minimum label text size
- At least 8-point font, not italics, per NCCR 12.010
Batch, lot and production run numbers are three different identifiers
These numbers are the traceability layer, and Regulation 1 defines each one narrowly. A batch number is a unique numeric or alphanumeric identifier assigned to a batch by a cannabis establishment when the batch is planted, so it is fixed at the start of the grow rather than at packaging. A lot is a weight-limited quantity drawn from a single batch. Regulation 1.125 caps a lot of flowers at 5 pounds, 2,268 grams, caps leaves or other plant matter other than full female flowers at 15 pounds, 6,804 grams, and caps wet material used only for extraction at 125 pounds, 56,700 grams, within 2 hours of harvest. A production run number is a unique numeric or alphanumeric identifier assigned to a production run, and it accounts for each batch or lot or any concentrated cannabis used in that run. On a concentrate or an edible you will see a production run number instead of a lot number. Write these down. If you want the same material again, or you need to raise something with the store, the batch and lot pair identifies exactly what you bought.
- Batch number assigned
- When the batch is planted, NCCR 1.065
- Flower lot cap
- 5 pounds, 2,268 grams
- Other plant matter lot cap
- 15 pounds, 6,804 grams
- Wet extraction material lot cap
- 125 pounds, 56,700 grams, within 2 hours of harvest
- Production run number
- Accounts for each batch or lot used in the run, NCCR 1.170
Nevada requires a harvest date on flower and a use-by date only on edibles
Nevada does not require one universal expiry date across every cannabis package. For usable cannabis, Regulation 12.040 requires the date on which the cannabis was harvested. That is the date to read on flower. A suggested use-by date appears only on edibles. Regulation 12.045 requires a suggested use-by date if the product is an edible, alongside the date on which the cannabis product was manufactured. Concentrates and vape cartridges carry that manufacture date, and no use-by date is required for them. Packaging dates sit one step upstream. Regulation 12.030, which covers the label a cannabis cultivation facility applies before it sells cannabis to another cannabis establishment, requires the date of final harvest, the date of final testing and the date on which the product was packaged. Part of that upstream label often travels with the product into the jar, which is why you will sometimes see a packaged-on line and a tested-on line that Regulation 12.040 does not itself demand. Read those two as useful extras rather than as guaranteed fields, and anchor on the harvest date.
- Flower
- Harvest date required, NCCR 12.040
- Edibles
- Suggested use-by date required, NCCR 12.045
- Concentrates and cartridges
- Manufacture date required, no use-by date
- Upstream label dates
- Final harvest, final testing, packaged on, NCCR 12.030
