Waste Management Flashcards
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What does METRC track when a 'Package Adjustment' results in a weight reduction due to waste?
Answer: The reduction amount, reason, and updated package inventory
A Package Adjustment in METRC captures the reduction amount, the reason for reduction, and automatically updates the package's remaining inventory for full accountability.
Under METRC regulations, who is typically authorized to witness cannabis waste destruction at a licensed facility?
Answer: A licensed employee of the facility or, in some states, a regulatory agent
In most METRC-integrated states, at least one licensed employee of the facility must witness the waste destruction, with some states requiring or allowing a regulatory agent to witness.
Which METRC waste reason would be most appropriate for plants destroyed due to a pest infestation?
Answer: Failed Quality Control
Plants destroyed because of pest infestation fall under a quality or safety failure, making 'Failed Quality Control' the most appropriate waste reason in METRC.
In METRC, when must a waste entry be completed relative to the actual physical disposal?
Answer: Before or at the time of disposal, as required by state regulations
METRC regulations require that waste entries be made before or at the time of physical disposal to ensure real-time traceability.
A cannabis retailer must dispose of returned products. Under METRC, how should this be handled?
Answer: Log the returned products as waste in METRC and render them unusable
Returned cannabis products at the retail level must be logged as waste in METRC and rendered unusable, as there is no mechanism to reverse a retail sale into resalable inventory.
What happens in METRC when a waste entry is submitted for plants that were in an active harvest batch?
Answer: The waste weight is deducted from the harvest batch total weight
Submitting a waste entry for plants within an active harvest batch automatically deducts the recorded waste weight from the batch's total, keeping inventory accurate.
Which of the following is NOT a valid waste reason category in most METRC state systems?
Answer: Personal Consumption
Personal Consumption is never a valid waste reason in METRC; cannabis cannot be diverted for personal use by licensees, as this would violate track-and-trace compliance.