METRC Waste Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does METRC track when a 'Package Adjustment' results in a weight reduction due to waste?
- Only the final package weight
- The reduction amount, reason, and updated package inventory (Correct answer)
- The employee who made the adjustment only
- The adjusted value for tax purposes only
Correct 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.
Question 2: Under METRC regulations, who is typically authorized to witness cannabis waste destruction at a licensed facility?
- Any member of the public
- A licensed employee of the facility or, in some states, a regulatory agent (Correct answer)
- Only a state regulator
- A certified public accountant
Correct 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.
Question 3: Which METRC waste reason would be most appropriate for plants destroyed due to a pest infestation?
- Theft
- Failed Quality Control (Correct answer)
- Mandated Destruction
- Personal Use
Correct 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.
Question 4: In METRC, when must a waste entry be completed relative to the actual physical disposal?
- At least 72 hours after disposal
- Before or at the time of disposal, as required by state regulations (Correct answer)
- Within 30 days of disposal
- Only if the waste exceeds 10 pounds
Correct 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.
Question 5: A cannabis retailer must dispose of returned products. Under METRC, how should this be handled?
- Return the product to the original cultivator for disposal
- Log the returned products as waste in METRC and render them unusable (Correct answer)
- Store returned products in a separate room with no METRC entry needed
- Donate returned products to another licensee
Correct 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.
Question 6: What happens in METRC when a waste entry is submitted for plants that were in an active harvest batch?
- The harvest batch is automatically closed
- The waste weight is deducted from the harvest batch total weight (Correct answer)
- The harvest batch is flagged for regulatory review
- Nothing changes until the harvest batch is manually closed
Correct 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.
Question 7: Which of the following is NOT a valid waste reason category in most METRC state systems?
- Failed Quality Control
- Mandated Destruction
- Personal Consumption (Correct answer)
- Waste from Extraction
Correct 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.
METRC Waste Management 2
What does METRC track when a 'Package Adjustment' results in a weight reduction due to waste?