METRC Tag Management

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of a METRC UID tag assigned to a cannabis plant?

Accepted Answer

To uniquely identify and track the plant throughout its entire lifecycle in the seed-to-sale system

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To display the plant's projected harvest weight for compliance inspectors

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To record the grower's license number for law enforcement reference

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To serve as a receipt proving the plant was purchased from a licensed nursery

Question 2

A METRC plant tag is physically damaged and unreadable. What is the correct course of action?

Accepted Answer

Record the loss in the system, order a replacement tag, and assign the new tag to the plant as soon as it arrives

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Destroy the plant immediately because it can no longer be tracked

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Reassign a spare tag from another plant that was recently harvested

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Continue operations and report the damaged tag at the next scheduled inspection

Question 3

In METRC, who is authorized to order new UID tags for a licensed facility?

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The facility administrator with appropriate system permissions

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Any employee with a METRC login at that facility

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Only the state cannabis regulatory agency

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The METRC-certified compliance officer at the facility

Question 4

Which statement about METRC package tags is correct?

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Each packaged product must have exactly one unique METRC tag that stays with that package until it is sold or destroyed

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A single METRC tag can be shared between multiple packages if they contain the same strain

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Package tags may be removed once the package is transferred to another licensee

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METRC package tags are optional if the facility maintains its own internal barcode system

Question 5

When a tagged plant is destroyed due to disease, what must happen to its METRC tag?

Accepted Answer

The destruction must be recorded in METRC and the tag retired; it cannot be reused on another plant

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The tag must be mailed back to the state cannabis regulatory agency within 30 days

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The tag may be reassigned to a new plant of the same strain to maintain continuity

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The tag is automatically deactivated by METRC after 90 days with no activity

Question 6

A cannabis cultivator receives a shipment of new METRC UID tags. What is the first required step before using them?

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Verify the tags are associated with the correct licensed facility in the METRC system before assigning them to any plants or packages

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Scan each tag into the facility's internal POS system to create a local inventory record

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Submit a tag receipt form to the state regulatory agency within 24 hours of delivery

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Store the tags in a locked safe until a compliance inspector can verify the shipment