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CO Colorado Adult-Use & Medical
State Compliance Guide

Colorado
Cannabis Packaging Requirements

Colorado cannabis packaging is regulated by the Department of Revenue, Marijuana Enforcement Division. The market is adult-use & medical. Packaging must be child-resistant, must carry the state universal symbol, and must print 9 required warning statements. No pre-approval of artwork is required. Royal Supply last reviewed this guide against the regulation on September 1, 2026.

9Required Warnings
YesChild-Resistant
NoPre-Approval Needed
September 1, 2026Last Reviewed
Colorado official universal cannabis symbol
Official artwork
01 — The Mark

Universal Symbol Requirements

Symbol Specifications

SymbolColorado Universal THC Symbol
Minimum SizeThree sizes, depending on where the symbol lands.
  • Container and marketing layer: 1/2 in x 1/2 in.
  • Vape device, metered dose inhaler or syringe-type device: 1/4 in x 1/4 in.
  • Stamped retail edible serving: 25 percent of product height, never under 1/4 in x 1/4 in.
  • The 1/4 in device size covers only devices with a listed intended use that are not Alternative Use Products.
ColorsRed, black and white. Do not alter.
PlacementFront of the container, plus any marketing layer.
  • Retail edibles that can practicably be stamped: symbol on each standardized serving.
  • Per-serving stamping does not reach loose bulk goods, powders or liquids.
  • Medical edibles are on a separate track.
How To ObtainFree download from the MED Compliance Tools page.
  • med.colorado.gov/rules/rulemaking/compliance-tools
  • One file covers all medical and retail marijuana types.
  • A second file covers edible medical and retail marijuana products.

Red diamond holding an exclamation point, a cannabis leaf and the letters THC.

  • Artwork is fixed - do not recolour, restyle or redraw.
  • Goes on the front of the container and on any separate marketing layer.

Official Files & Links

🖼CO Universal THC Symbol (PNG)

Design & Print Specs

Font Minimum1/16" min
Symbol ColorsPMS 485 / Black / White
CMYK / PMSC:0 M:100 Y:100 K:0 / K:100 / K:0
PlacementFront of container AND on any marketing layer; each individual edible serving
Bold RequiredBelow symbol only

Required text no smaller than 1/16". Symbol: red diamond, black leaf/text.

02 — Say It Exactly

Warning Statements (9)

Statements marked Exact text required must be reproduced character for character — use the copy buttons. Those marked Required content are mandated by Colorado in substance only; you write the sentence.

Product
Market
Adult-use and medical carry the same warning statements in this state.
Format
Options
Your warning block 
—
See every statement individually, with citations10
Government Warning Panel3
Prints directly beneath the Universal Symbol.
All regulated marijuana containers and any marketing layer
Exact text required

Department of Revenue, Marijuana Enforcement Division prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

Contains Marijuana. Keep away from children.
All regulated marijuana products
Exact text required

Department of Revenue, Marijuana Enforcement Division prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

This product was produced without regulatory oversight for health, safety, or efficacy.
All regulated marijuana products
Exact text required

Department of Revenue, Marijuana Enforcement Division prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

There may be long term physical or mental health risks from use of marijuana including additional risks for women who are or may become pregnant or are breastfeeding. Use of marijuana may impair your ability to drive a car or operate machinery.
Product-Specific Warnings3
Edible Medical Marijuana Products and Edible Retail Marijuana Products
Exact text required

Department of Revenue, Marijuana Enforcement Division prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

The intoxicating effects of this product may be delayed by up to 4 hours.
Pressurized metered dose inhalers and vaporizer delivery devices that fall within a Rule 3-1015(B) intended use and are not an Alternative Use Product
Exact text required

Department of Revenue, Marijuana Enforcement Division prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

Not approved by the FDA.
Audited Products
Exact text required

Department of Revenue, Marijuana Enforcement Division prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

Not approved by FDA.
Edible Label Content4
Mandated content, not prescribed wording - the sentence is yours.
Edible Medical and Edible Retail Marijuana Products
Required content — your wording

Department of Revenue, Marijuana Enforcement Division requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

List the ingredients and identify any of the eight major food allergens present: milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans.
Edible Medical and Edible Retail Marijuana Products
Required content — your wording

Department of Revenue, Marijuana Enforcement Division requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print a Statement of Intended Use taken from the state's closed list, for example: Oral consumption only.
Edible Medical and Edible Retail Marijuana Products
Required content — your wording

Department of Revenue, Marijuana Enforcement Division requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

State the THC content per serving, for example: 1 Lollipop | 10 mg THC.
Edible Medical and Edible Retail Marijuana Products containing none of the eight major allergens
Royal Supply recommended

Not required by Department of Revenue, Marijuana Enforcement Division. This is Royal Supply's own compliance-tested language, offered as good practice.

This retail marijuana product does not contain any FALCPA identified food allergens.
03 — The Fine Print

Packaging & Labeling Rules

Child-ResistantEvery regulated marijuana product must be child-resistant at the moment it is handed to the customer.
  • Certify to the federal CPSA/ASTM standard: significantly difficult for children under five to open, usable by adults.
  • Flower or trim in a container that is not child-resistant: the exit package must be child-resistant and opaque.
  • Resealable closures are a separate, narrower rule reaching only multi-portion and multi-serving edibles.
1 CCR 212-3-3-1010(B)(11)(a)-(b); (D)(1)
LabelingA Colorado label carries a fixed set of fields spread across the container and any marketing layer.
  • Core panel: product identity, net weight or net contents, Statement of Intended Use, both government warnings, Universal Symbol.
  • License number(s) of every licensee involved.
  • Batch or harvest batch number(s).
  • Net contents.
  • Ingredient list identifying major food allergens.
  • Potency statement.
  • Solvents used.
  • Date of sale.
  • Patient registry number on medical product.
  • Statement of Intended Use, taken from the state's closed list.
  • Use-by, expiration or production dates and a refrigeration statement, where the intended use calls for them.
  • Edibles add the allergen disclosure and THC content per serving.
  • All label text clearly written or printed in English.
  • Nutrition Facts panel on edibles: permitted, not required. Royal Supply prints one.
Notes on this section — 1
  • English-only compliance panels are a Royal Supply preference because they speed review; nothing in the rule forbids an accurate translation printed alongside the English.
1 CCR 212-3-3-1010(B)(6), (C)(3)(a)-(k), (D)(2)(a)-(j), (F); 1 CCR 212-3-3-1015(B)(1)-(B)(5)
THC SymbolThe Universal Symbol goes on the front of the container and on any marketing layer, with the Contains Marijuana line directly beneath it.
  • Container and marketing layer: 1/2 in x 1/2 in minimum (12.7 mm).
  • Vaporizer device, pressurized metered dose inhaler or syringe-type device: 1/4 in x 1/4 in minimum.
  • That 1/4 in size covers only devices with a listed intended use that are not Alternative Use Products.
  • Retail edibles that can practicably be stamped: symbol on each standardized serving, at least 25 percent of product height, never under 1/4 in x 1/4 in.
  • Per-serving stamping does not reach loose bulk goods, powders or liquids.
  • Artwork is fixed - red diamond, exclamation point, the letters THC. Do not recolour, restyle or redraw it.
1 CCR 212-3-3-1010(C)(2)(b), (C)(3)(d); 1 CCR 212-3-3-335(D)(2)(b)(iii)-(iv)
Health WarningsColorado prescribes the warning wording. Print it character for character and keep it legible.
  • Type no smaller than 1/16 inch (1.57 mm).
  • Every product: both government warning statements, on either the label affixed to the Container or the Marketing Layer.
  • Edible medical and retail products add the delayed-effects statement.
  • Vaporizer devices and metered dose inhalers with a listed intended use add: Not approved by the FDA.
  • Audited Products add: Not approved by FDA.
  • The two FDA lines differ by one word. Do not merge them.
1 CCR 212-3-3-1010(C)(2)(c), (C)(3)(j)(i)-(ii), (D)(1)(e)(i)-(ii), (D)(2)(j)(i)-(ii), (D)(3)(i)(i)-(ii), (E)(3)(f)(i)-(ii); 1 CCR 212-3-3-1015(B)(3)(b)
Serving SizeServing limits differ for retail and medical edibles - the 10 mg cap everyone quotes is a retail rule.
  • Retail edible: 10 mg active THC maximum per standardized serving.
  • Retail edible: 100 mg active THC maximum per unit packaged for transfer.
  • Liquid retail edibles run on a separate track in the rule.
  • Medical edible: the manufacturer sets the standard portion. No 10 mg per-serving cap.
  • Per-serving Universal Symbol stamping is retail only, and does not reach loose bulk goods, powders or liquids.
1 CCR 212-3-3-335(D)(2)(c), (D)(3)(a), (D)(4)(a), (D)(4)(d), (D)(4)(e)(iii)
Opaque PackagingOpacity reaches one thing in Colorado: the exit package handed over at the counter. The container and the marketing layer can be clear.
  • Exit package used at the point of transfer: opaque. Opacity is part of how Rule 1-115 defines the term.
  • That same exit package must also be child-resistant where flower or trim is transferred in a container that is not child-resistant.
  • Container: no opacity requirement. Rule 1-115 defines it as the receptacle directly containing the product, labeled under the 3-1000 Series Rules, and says nothing about light or visibility.
  • Marketing layer: optional, and no opacity requirement either. If used, it has to be labeled under the same rules.
  • Clear jars, clear tubes and window cartons are therefore compliant on the container and the marketing layer — the cheaper option is the compliant option here.
  • Royal Supply house standard — stricter than the Colorado rule. Specification: opaque film or containers throughout, so the product cannot be seen without opening the packaging.
Notes on this section — 2
  • Confirmed against the Secretary of State's copy of 1 CCR 212-3: opacity appears in the definition of Exit Package at Rule 1-115 and in Rule 3-1010(B)(11)(a), and nowhere in the Container or Marketing Layer definitions.
  • Rule 1-115 also brings seeds into the exit-package child-resistance trigger alongside flower and trim; Rule 3-1010(B)(11)(b) names flower and trim only. Treat seeds as covered.
1 CCR 212-3-3-1010(B)(11)(a)-(b); 1 CCR 212-3-1-115 (definitions of Container, Exit Package and Marketing Layer)
ResealableOnly multi-portion and multi-serving edibles have to reseal - everything else can use a cheaper closure.
  • Required: multiple-portion Edible Medical Marijuana Product.
  • Required: multiple-serving Edible Retail Marijuana Product.
  • Required: multiple-serving Liquid Edible Retail Marijuana Product.
  • Not required: flower, trim, pre-rolls and concentrate carry no resealability requirement anywhere in the rule.
  • Royal Supply preference, not a rule: resealable closure on any pack a customer opens more than once.
1 CCR 212-3-3-1010(D)(1)(b), (D)(1)(c)(iii), (D)(1)(d)(ii)
Notable RulesDesign restrictions that decide whether artwork clears review.
  • Font no smaller than 1/16 inch (1.57 mm).
  • The word candy or candies is banned unless it is part of the licensed establishment's name.
  • No cartoon characters or other imagery aimed at people under 21.
  • Labeling must be unobstructed and conspicuous.
  • An affixed label must not cover required compliance information.
  • Accordion, expandable and layered labels are expressly allowed on small containers.
  • No health or benefit claims, no false or misleading statements, no trademark infringement.
1 CCR 212-3-3-1010(B)(2), (B)(7)
04 — Quick Answers

Colorado Packaging FAQ

What universal symbol is required on cannabis packaging in Colorado?
Colorado requires the Colorado Universal THC Symbol. Minimum size: Three sizes, depending on where the symbol lands. Container and marketing layer: 1/2 in x 1/2 in. Vape device, metered dose inhaler or syringe-type device: 1/4 in x 1/4 in. Stamped retail edible serving: 25 percent of product height, never under 1/4 in x 1/4 in. The 1/4 in device size covers only devices with a listed intended use that are not Alternative Use Products.. Placement: Front of the container, plus any marketing layer. Retail edibles that can practicably be stamped: symbol on each standardized serving. Per-serving stamping does not reach loose bulk goods, powders or liquids. Medical edibles are on a separate track..
Is child-resistant packaging required in Colorado?
Every regulated marijuana product must be child-resistant at the moment it is handed to the customer. Certify to the federal CPSA/ASTM standard: significantly difficult for children under five to open, usable by adults. Flower or trim in a container that is not child-resistant: the exit package must be child-resistant and opaque. Resealable closures are a separate, narrower rule reaching only multi-portion and multi-serving edibles.
What warning statements are required on Colorado cannabis packaging?
Colorado prescribes exact wording for 6 warning statement(s) and requires a further 3 by content, where the licensee writes the sentence. Both are set out on this page.
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