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DE Delaware Adult-Use & Medical
State Compliance Guide

Delaware
Cannabis Packaging Requirements

Delaware cannabis packaging is regulated by the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC). The market is adult-use & medical. Packaging must be child-resistant, must carry the state universal symbol, and must print 6 required warning statements. No pre-approval of artwork is required. Royal Supply last reviewed this guide against the regulation on September 1, 2026.

6Required Warnings
YesChild-Resistant
NoPre-Approval Needed
September 1, 2026Last Reviewed
Official symbol available from the state agencySTATE SYMBOLVIA OFFICIAL AGENCY
No public artwork download — obtain via the state agency
01 — The Mark

Universal Symbol Requirements

Symbol Specifications

SymbolDelaware Universal Cannabis Symbol
Minimum Size1/2 in x 1/2 in (12.7 mm x 12.7 mm) minimum. Floor, not a fixed size.
ColorsRed and white. Must contrast with the packaging around it.
PlacementPrimary panel — front or most prominently displayed area.
How To ObtainDownload from omc.delaware.gov.

Red and white mark with cannabis leaf imagery.

  • Reads CONTAINS THC — NOT SAFE FOR KIDS OR PETS.
  • One mark serves both the medical and adult-use markets.
  • Use it in the form the Commissioner provides. Modifying, recreating, stylizing or distorting it is prohibited.
Notes on this section — 1
  • Royal Supply asks converters for a child-resistance test certificate. That is our sourcing standard; Delaware requires child-resistant packaging but no certificate, submission or filing.

Official Files & Links

No official downloadable artwork published — see symbol specs and the agency site.

Design & Print Specs

Font Minimum6 pt or 1/2"
Symbol ColorsAs issued by the Commissioner
CMYK / PMSAs issued by the Commissioner
PlacementFront or most prominently displayed area of the marketing layer; 0.5"×0.5" min
Bold RequiredNo

Symbol must contrast sufficiently with the background and must remain in the form the Commissioner provides — no modifying, recreating, stylizing, distorting or resizing that changes its appearance. Minimum type size of 6 point (or 1/2 inch) is codified and applies to every label element, not just warnings.

02 — Say It Exactly

Warning Statements (6)

Statements marked Exact text required must be reproduced character for character — use the copy buttons. Those marked Required content are mandated by Delaware 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 citations9
Required on all cannabis products3
Delaware fixes these words. Copy them exactly.
All cannabis products
Exact text required

Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

For use by adults 21+. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN!
All cannabis products
Exact text required

Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

Marijuana ingestion by children can cause severe illness and hospitalization. KEEP IN LOCKED STORAGE CONTAINERS.
All cannabis products
Exact text required

Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

There may be health risks associated with the use of this product, and additional risks for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding or individuals 25 years of age and younger. Do not operate a motor vehicle or heavy machinery while using this product. The use of this product may result in adverse reactions with prescription medication, consult with your doctor or pharmacist.
Edibles and marijuana beverages1
Verified character for character against the codified rule. It replaces the shorter line previously published here ("Effects of this product may be delayed by 2 or more hours."), which does not satisfy the rule. Copy it exactly, including the colon after Caution.
Edibles and marijuana beverages only
Exact text required

Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

Caution: When eaten or swallowed, the intoxicating effects of this product may be delayed by 2 or more hours.
Topicals and transdermals2
Delaware fixes these words, hyphen and all. Copy them exactly.
Topical and transdermal products
Exact text required

Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

For Topical Application Only-Do Not Eat or Smoke.
Topical products
Required content — your wording

Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

This product is not intended for human consumption, ingestion, or inhalation.
Carried from our Delaware design doc3
Field-proven Royal Supply copy, in active print. Neither this wording nor the boxed border specification appears in 4 DE Admin. Code 5001 Section 9.0, so it is not presented here as a state-prescribed statement. Keep printing it; confirm with OMC before the next plate change. The 6 pt minimum that accompanies it on our artwork is not a house choice — 9.2.1.2 sets 6 point as the codified floor for all label text.
Currently printed on both our vape and edible warning panels
Royal Supply recommended

Not required by Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC). This is Royal Supply's own compliance-tested language, offered as good practice.

NOT FOR SALE TO MINORS [Must be clearly visible in a box with minimum 0.5 inch tall border around the text]
Currently printed on both our vape and edible warning panels
Royal Supply recommended

Not required by Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC). This is Royal Supply's own compliance-tested language, offered as good practice.

This product may be unlawful outside the State of Delaware. There may be health risks associated with consumption of this product.
Vaping and other inhalable products (our design doc's vaping panel)
Royal Supply recommended

Not required by Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC). This is Royal Supply's own compliance-tested language, offered as good practice.

Smoking or vaping is hazardous to your health.
03 — The Fine Print

Packaging & Labeling Rules

Child-ResistantEvery package leaves the building child-resistant to the federal standard, with extra construction rules by package style.
  • Child-resistant under 16 CFR 1700.15, measured by the 16 CFR 1700.20 test protocol.
  • Must be significantly difficult for children under five to open.
  • Rigid packages: tamper-evident seal plus a tight, secure lid or closure.
  • Multi-serving packages: child-resistant and resealable.
  • Soft-sided packaging: 4 millimeters or greater in thickness, as codified.
  • Food-grade in quality, meeting the Delaware food safety requirements at 16 Del.C. Ch. 33.
  • No certificate, test paperwork or state filing is required.
Before you print
  • The soft-sided thickness is written in millimeters, which is unusually thick for a pouch. Confirm the intended unit with OMC before tooling.
Notes on this section — 1
  • The child-resistance test certificate Royal Supply asks converters for is our sourcing standard, not a Delaware requirement.
4 DE Admin. Code 5001-9.1.3 to 9.1.7; 4 Del. C. 1331(13)i; 16 CFR 1700.15, 1700.20
LabelingEvery package carries ten pieces of product information, set to a fixed type and legibility standard, plus the state symbol and the three warning statements.
  • Minimum type size is codified: no smaller than size 6 font or 1/2 inch.
  • Legible, unobstructed, conspicuous, and sufficiently contrasting with the background.
  • English, though additional languages may be added.
  • Printed directly on the marketing layer, or on a label or sticker affixed to it.
  • Peel-back accordion, expandable, extendable or layered labels are allowed for the required content.
  • Net weight of the marijuana or marijuana product.
  • Finished product batch number.
  • Flower: the establishment that cultivated, harvested and packaged it.
  • Products: the establishment that manufactured and packaged it.
  • The establishment that sold the product.
  • Itemised major cannabinoids and terpenes, with weight. Anything under 1% prints with a leading zero before the decimal point.
  • Products: every major allergen contained in the product and used in the process, including milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans.
  • Any solvents used in manufacturing.
  • Production date — harvest date for flower, production date for product.
  • The Delaware Poison Control Center telephone number.
  • Plus the universal symbol and the three warning statements — see those rows.
Notes on this section — 1
  • Two commonly cited items are not on this list: CBD per serving and per package is an edible and beverage requirement rather than a universal one, and there is no general potency-per-serving line outside edibles, beverages and inhalables.
4 DE Admin. Code 5001-9.2.1, 9.2.2
THC SymbolOne state symbol goes on the front of every package, exactly as the Commissioner supplies it.
  • Minimum 1/2 in x 1/2 in (12.7 mm). A floor, not a fixed size.
  • Print in colors that contrast with the rest of the packaging so it is easily identified.
  • Place on the front or most prominently displayed area of the marketing layer.
  • Use the file as provided. It may not be modified, recreated, stylized, distorted or otherwise altered in any way that changes its appearance or size.
Notes on this section — 1
  • Enlarging past the minimum is the only latitude the rule leaves, and even that is bounded by the no-alteration clause — scale proportionally.
4 DE Admin. Code 5001-9.2.4
Health WarningsThree fixed statements go on every package, and product-type lines stack on top.
  • Print all three: adults 21+ and keep out of reach; child ingestion and locked storage; health risks, driving and medication.
  • Copy the wording character for character. No paraphrase, no shortening.
  • Add the edible, beverage or topical statement on top of the three.
Before you print
  • The rule set covers adult-use and medical together and draws no separate medical wording. Confirm before running a medical-only label.
4 DE Admin. Code 5001-9.2.3.1-9.2.3.3; 4 Del. C. 1331(13)k
Serving SizeDelaware caps the serving, the package and the serving count, and the numbers differ between edibles, beverages and tinctures.
  • 10 mg THC maximum per serving, across edibles, multi-serving beverages and dropper-measured tinctures.
  • Edibles: 100 mg THC maximum per package, and no more than 10 standardized servings per package. Both figures doubled on June 11, 2026.
  • Edibles under 10 servings may be bundled together up to that 10-serving maximum.
  • Beverages: 60 mg THC maximum per package. Design to 60, not 100 — see the note below.
  • Beverages: a serving must be at least 12 ounces of liquid. This sets a floor on container size, not just on fill.
  • Tinctures: 500 mg THC maximum per package, raised from 300 mg on June 11, 2026.
  • Every standardized serving must be physically demarcated or packaged so a buyer can tell what one serving is.
  • Every standardized serving must be easily separable with minimal effort, and every serving in a package must contain the same amount of THC.
  • Label the total servings per package and THC per serving in milligrams.
  • If servings cannot practicably be marked individually: cap the whole package at 10 mg THC, or sell it as more than one individually wrapped single-serving edible.
Before you print
  • Beverages: ask OMC which of 8.3.1.2 and 9.3.2.2 controls before building a package above 60 mg of THC. Nothing published resolves it.
Notes on this section — 3
  • The edible figures moved. A Final Order signed May 8, 2026 and published in the June 2026 Delaware Register adopted the April 1, 2026 proposal without change; by its own terms it took effect ten days after publication. The edible package cap went from 50 to 100 mg at 9.3.1.2, the edible serving count from 5 to 10 at 8.3.1.1, and the tincture cap from 300 to 500 mg at 8.3.1.3.
  • Beverages are the one place the amended rule contradicts itself. 8.3.1.2 now caps a multi-serving beverage package at 100 mg; 9.3.2.2, which the same order left untouched, still caps a marijuana beverage package at 60 mg. Both are in force. 60 mg is the figure that satisfies both, and it is the one this page publishes.
  • The 12-ounce beverage serving minimum was adopted at 29 DE Reg. 221 and took effect September 11, 2025. The consolidated Administrative Code copy that regulations.delaware.gov serves is stamped only to 28 DE Reg. 317 (10/01/24) and reflects neither that order nor the June 2026 one — design to the Final Orders, not to the compilation.
4 DE Admin. Code 5001-8.2.1 to 8.2.4, 8.3.1, 8.3.2, 9.3.1, 9.3.2; 4 Del. C. 1331(13)b, (13)c
Opaque PackagingPackaging must be opaque and show tampering.
  • Opaque: the product cannot be seen through the package.
  • Seal the opening so that tampering is visible.
Notes on this section — 1
  • Opacity comes from the enabling statute, which directs the Commissioner to require opaque, resealable and continually child-resistant packaging. Section 9.0 sets the tamper-evidence and child-resistance rules but states no opacity requirement of its own, so the statute is the citation to give a customer.
4 Del. C. 1331(13)i; 4 DE Admin. Code 5001-9.1.1, 9.1.2 (tamper-evidence)
ResealableDelaware requires a tamper seal that cannot be closed back up. It does not prescribe how you seal it.
  • Minimum: any tamper-evident seal on the opening that cannot be resealed.
  • No particular construction is required, so builds cheaper than a heat seal can comply.
  • Rigid packages: tamper-evident seal plus a tight, secure lid or closure.
  • Multi-serving: child-resistant and resealable, so a pouch needs a non-resealable tamper seal plus a separate child-resistant reclosure.
  • Topicals: resealable cap or closure.
  • Royal Supply preference: heat-seal soft-sided pouches. One way to meet the rule, not the only one.
4 DE Admin. Code 5001-9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.5, 9.1.6, 9.5.1.1
Notable RulesFive things may never appear on Delaware cannabis packaging.
  • No neon colors.
  • No imitation of an existing branded consumer product.
  • No cartoons, cartoon-like fonts, caricatures, fruit, human or animal shapes, balloons or toys.
  • No depictions of celebrities.
  • No images of minors, and no words or images referring to products marketed to minors, including the word candy.
Notes on this section — 4
  • Marijuana beverage packaging rules already exist and are in force — see the serving-size row. HB 373, signed July 23, 2026, is a separate framework for hemp-derived THC-infused beverages sold through liquor stores and dispensaries, and does not change the marijuana beverage rules.
  • Effective October 21, 2026, HB 373 also rewrites the statutory ceiling the Commissioner rules against: the 10-serving limit at 4 Del. C. 1331(13)c is replaced by 10 mg of total THC per serving and 100 mg in a multi-serving package, and a new (13)n sets infused-beverage serving limits. The June 2026 amendment to Section 8.3 has already moved the rule to those figures, so nothing a buyer prints changes on that date.
  • Section 10.0, Advertising, has now been read. It sets no colour rule and no image rule for packaging. Branding is expressly carved out of the advertising rules at 10.3: what it may not do is appeal to minors, imitate or resemble an existing branded consumer product, use cartoons, caricatures, balloons or toys, or use images of minors or references to products marketed to minors. The health-and-safety statements at 10.1.2 attach to advertisements and marketing materials, not to a package.
  • The five prohibitions above come from Section 9.7 and are unchanged.
4 DE Admin. Code 5001-9.7.1-9.7.5, 10.3
04 — Quick Answers

Delaware Packaging FAQ

What universal symbol is required on cannabis packaging in Delaware?
Delaware requires the Delaware Universal Cannabis Symbol. Minimum size: 1/2 in x 1/2 in (12.7 mm x 12.7 mm) minimum. Floor, not a fixed size.. Placement: Primary panel — front or most prominently displayed area..
Is child-resistant packaging required in Delaware?
Every package leaves the building child-resistant to the federal standard, with extra construction rules by package style. Child-resistant under 16 CFR 1700.15, measured by the 16 CFR 1700.20 test protocol. Must be significantly difficult for children under five to open. Rigid packages: tamper-evident seal plus a tight, secure lid or closure. Multi-serving packages: child-resistant and resealable. Soft-sided packaging: 4 millimeters or greater in thickness, as codified. Food-grade in quality, meeting the Delaware food safety requirements at 16 Del.C. Ch. 33. No certificate, test paperwork or state filing is required.
What warning statements are required on Delaware cannabis packaging?
Delaware prescribes exact wording for 5 warning statement(s) and requires a further 1 by content, where the licensee writes the sentence. Both are set out on this page.
05 — Receipts

Sources & Citations

  • Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) — omc.delaware.gov
  • Delaware Code Title 4, Chapter 13
  • 4 Del. C. 1331(13) (packaging and labeling directives to the Marijuana Commissioner) — read from delcode.delaware.gov, which carries both the version in effect until October 21, 2026 and the version effective that date
  • 4 DE Admin. Code 5001, Sections 8.0 and 9.0 (product standards, packaging and labeling)
  • Office of the Marijuana Commissioner, Final Order adopted August 11, 2025, published 29 DE Reg. 221 (09/01/25), effective September 11, 2025 — source of the 60 mg beverage package cap and the 12-ounce beverage serving minimum
  • Office of the Marijuana Commissioner, Final Order signed May 8, 2026, published in the June 2026 Delaware Register — adopts the 29 DE Reg. 846 (04/01/26) proposal to Sections 6.7, 8.3 and 9.3 without change, no public comments received, effective ten days after publication. Linked from omc.delaware.gov as the current final regulations, and the source of the 100 mg edible package cap, the 10-serving edible count and the 500 mg tincture cap
  • 16 CFR 1700.15 and 16 CFR 1700.20 (federal child-resistant packaging standard and test protocol)
  • Royal Supply Delaware design doc, 10/23/25 (internal — source of the carried warning panels)

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