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    Title: Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Products Registration
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    Description: Minnesota requires sellers of lower-potency hemp derived edibles to be licensed through the Office of Cannabis Management.(OCM).
    Subject: Drugs
    Creation Date: 7/29/2024 5:34:48 PM
    Modification Date: 9/15/2025 5:34:55 PM
    Agency Name: Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), Minnesota
    Agency URL: https://mn.gov/ocm/
    Agency Description: The Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) will regulate cannabis (including for the adult-use market, the Minnesota Medical Cannabis Program, and for low-potency hemp edibles) and issue licenses and develop regulations outlining how and when businesses can participate in the industry.
    Agency Phone: Agency Fax: Agency URL: https://mn.gov/ocm/
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    Unit Phone: Unit Fax: Contact person(s): cannabis.info@state.mn.us
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    Audience: Application URL: https://redcap.cannabis.web.health.state.mn.us/redcap/surveys/?s=9DR8MHLCKY48JMLJ
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    Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Products

     

    OCM is no longer accepting HDCP business registrations or changes.

    After a lengthy education and promotion campaign, OCM closed the hemp registration system on April 14, 2025, following the adoption of rules governing Minnesota’s cannabis industry, which set in place OCM’s ability to issue business licenses. From June 2 to August 31, OCM held a second registration period for businesses seeking to sell hemp-derived cannabinoid products (HDCPs) to consumers.

    Minnesota law (section 151.72) requires that any business that sells hemp-derived cannabinoid products (HDCPs) directly to consumers be registered with the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM). This includes establishments that sell THC beverages as well as out-of-state businesses that sell online to Minnesota customers.

    Registered retailers can only sell hemp-derived cannabinoid products in the form of an edible or a beverage for human consumption, or products that are for external use only (including topicals) and are labeled as such. The retailer must verify the purchaser’s age through a valid state-issued driver’s license or identification card, Tribal identification card, passport, instructional permit, or Canadian driver’s license. It is illegal to sell these products to people under 21 years old.
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    Learn more about licensure. OCM will offer a licensing window for lower-potency hemp edible retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers from October 1 to October 31, 2025.

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    Information for Registered Businesses

    OCM is no longer accepting HDCP business registrations or changes.

    After a lengthy education and promotion campaign, OCM closed the hemp registration system on April 14, 2025, following the adoption of rules governing Minnesota’s cannabis industry, which set in place OCM’s ability to issue business licenses. From June 2 to August 31, OCM held a second registration period for businesses seeking to sell hemp-derived cannabinoid products (HDCPs) to consumers.

    Businesses registered with the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) to sell hemp-derived cannabinoid products may convert their registration by applying for a lower-potency hemp edible (LPHE) license from October 1 to October 31, 2025, as long as their registration is in good standing with OCM and they apply while the license application window is open. Registered businesses selling hemp-derived cannabinoid products may continue sales until LPHE licenses are issued, at which point only lower-potency hemp edibles will be compliant. LPHEs may also be sold by businesses holding a license for cannabis retailer business, cannabis microbusiness with retail endorsement, cannabis mezzobusiness with retail endorsement, or a medical cannabis combination business with a retail endorsement.

    For more information, please reference the Hemp Registrant to License Holder Conversion Guide and the Lower-Potency Hemp Edible (LPHE) License Guide.

    If you have questions, email cannabis.info@state.mn.us.


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    Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Products

    Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), Minnesota


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