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Department of Agriculture files emergency rules to delay cannabis labeling change, extend kratom registrations
Summary
The Department of Agriculture and Food filed two emergency rules — one to roll back a new cannabis labeling restriction and another to extend kratom product registrations for up to three months — after industry concerns that permanent rule changes would force costly relabeling or leave products on shelves that would soon be noncompliant.
At an Administrative Rules Review Committee meeting in July 2025, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food told lawmakers it had filed two emergency rules to avoid unintended market disruption while it finalizes permanent rule changes.
Deputy Commissioner Amber Brown told the committee the department filed an emergency cannabis processing rule on July 9 to remove a newly added restriction that would have barred directions for use on product labels. Brown said the change, if left in place while businesses reworked labels, “would require them to create new labels for a significant number of products at a high financial cost and would lead to some products being taken off the shelves.” The emergency rule “pull[s] that restriction back,” she said, while the department prepares a permanent compromise.
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