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Edible pot products facing same standards as food produced in Washington

In this Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, photograph, candy bars marked with Colorado’s new required diamond-shaped stamp noting that the product contains marijuana are shown in the kitchen of BlueKudu candy in the historic Five Points District of Denver. State officials in Colorado require the stamp to be put directly on edibles after complaints that the treats look too much like their non-intoxicating counterparts. (David Zalubowski / AP)
By Jim Camden jimc@spokesman.com(509) 879-7461

OLYMPIA – Washington companies that make edible marijuana products would have to meet the same sanitary standards as other food processors under a bill the Senate sent to Gov. Jay Inslee Wednesday.

The House bill requires producers and processors of those products to have a food processing endorsement by the state Department of Agriculture and be subject to rules set up by the state Liquor and Cannabis Board and the Department of Health.

The bill moved easily through the House, where it received unanimous approval. It passed the Senate 47-2, with only Republicans Mike Padden and Shelly Short voting no.