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(1) Definitions for terms used in this chapter may be found in chapters 69.07 and 15.130 RCW, and Title 21 C.F.R. as adopted in WAC 16-167-050, unless otherwise provided in this chapter.
(2) For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Adequate" means that which is needed to accomplish the intended purpose in keeping with good public health practice.
(b) "Adulterate" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 15.130.200 except that the department does not consider hemp extract itself to be adulterated when produced in compliance with RCW 69.07.220 and these rules for use as a food ingredient in another state that allows its use as a food ingredient.
(c) "Certification criteria violation" means any violation of the inspection criteria that must be met prior to the issuance of a hemp extract certification.
(d) "Critical violation" means a violation of the inspection criteria that results in hemp extract adulteration or that has the potential to contribute to conditions resulting in such adulteration.
(e) "Department" means the Washington state department of agriculture (WSDA).
(f) "Director" means the director of the department.
(g) "Facility or hemp extract facility" means any premise, plant, building, room, area, or facility which processes, prepares, or handles hemp for production of hemp extract for use as a food ingredient in another state that allows its use as a food ingredient.
(h) "Hemp" has the same meaning as provided for in RCW 15.140.020 and means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of the plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.
(i) "Hemp extract" means a substance or compound intended for human ingestion that is derived from, or made by, manufacturing hemp. The term does not include hemp seeds or hemp seed-derived ingredients that are generally recognized as safe by the United States Food and Drug administration.
(j) "Hemp extract certification" means a certification issued by the department to a hemp extract facility manufacturing hemp extract for export to other states, which certifies the hemp extract facility's compliance with Washington state's inspection and sanitation requirements.
(k) "Hemp processor" has the same meaning as provided for in RCW 15.140.020, and means a person who takes possession of raw hemp material with the intent to modify, package, or sell a transitional or finished hemp product.
(l) "Sanitize" means to adequately treat hemp extract contact surfaces by a process that is effective in destroying vegetative cells of microorganisms of public health significance, and in substantially reducing numbers of other undesirable microorganisms, but without adversely affecting the product or its safety for the consumer.
(m) "Significant violation" means any violation of the inspection criteria not deemed to be a critical violation as described in WAC 16-171-140.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 69.07.020 and 69.07.220. WSR 22-13-038, § 16-171-110, filed 6/7/22, effective 7/8/22.]
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