A proposed amendment to Utah’s industrial hemp rules would prohibit the artificially derived cannabinoids HHC, THCP and THC-OAc from products sold in the state.
The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food said it is proposing the changes “to conform with current industry best practices; the public has until Oct. 15 to submit comments about the proposal.
Industrial hemp manufacturers selling consumable hemp products in Utah must have items third-party tested to determine the levels of THC, heavy metals, pesticides and solvents.
Cannabis-derived products and concentrates would fail quality-assurance testing for cannabinoid content if any of these artificially derived cannabinoids are present:
- Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC).
- 3-Heptyl-delta(1)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THCP).
- tetrahydrocannabinol acetate (THC-OAc).
Under the new guidelines, consumable products also would fail testing if “greater than 10% of the total cannabinoid peak area is comprised of unknown cannabinoids.”
In 2022, Utah banned smokable hemp and CBD in food, although it did not ban delta-8 THC.
At the time, state regulators said synthetic cannabinoids did not include “any cannabinoid that has been intentionally created using a process to convert one cannabinoid to another,” as is often the case with delta-8 THC.
