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GA Georgia Medical Only
State Compliance Guide

Georgia
Cannabis Packaging Requirements

Georgia cannabis packaging is regulated by the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC). The market is medical only (sb 220 effective july 1, 2026). Packaging must be child-resistant, must carry the state universal symbol, and must print 19 required warning statements. No pre-approval of artwork is required. Royal Supply last reviewed this guide against the regulation on September 1, 2026.

19Required 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

SymbolASTM D8441/D8441M Intoxicating Cannabinoid Product Symbol
Minimum SizeNo Georgia minimum size.
  • Size and aspect ratio follow ASTM D8441/D8441M.
  • Georgia-side constraints only: weather resistant, unobstructed, legible.
Notes on this section — 1
  • The ASTM standard is paywalled and its dimensions are not published. Buy the standard and work to it rather than to a second-hand figure.
ColorsNo Georgia colour spec.
  • Colour values come from ASTM D8441/D8441M itself.
Notes on this section — 1
  • Values are not in the Georgia rules and are not reproduced here. Do not match the mark from a colour sample found elsewhere.
PlacementNo prescribed placement.
  • Place on the producer label, which must stay weather resistant, unobstructed and legible.
  • Keep clear of the blank flat area reserved for the dispensary's dispense-time label.
  • That second label may not cover producer content, and producer content must not be designed to sit under it.
How To ObtainBuy ASTM D8441/D8441M from ASTM and reproduce the mark to spec.
  • No separate artwork SKU has been verified — do not send a buyer looking for one.
  • Georgia adds no symbol application or licence of its own.
  • Symbol placement, scale and reproduction are cleared in the state design pre-approval.
  • The approved design must be in use before product leaves the production premises.
Notes on this section — 1
  • The Commission may designate a different symbol, so re-check before each print run.

Universal mark showing the product contains intoxicating cannabinoids.

  • Goes on the production licensee's label.
  • Graphic only — no wording is prescribed to accompany it.
  • Georgia supplies no dimension of its own; the ASTM standard governs.
Notes on this section — 1
  • The Commission may authorize a different mark. Re-check before each print run.

Official Files & Links

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

Design & Print Specs

Font MinimumPharmaceutical
Symbol ColorsPharmaceutical
CMYK / PMSPharmaceutical
PlacementPharmaceutical container label
Bold RequiredNo

Low-THC oil only. Max 5% THC. Standard pharmaceutical labeling applies.

02 — Say What It Requires

Warning Statements (19)

Georgia mandates what these must say, but fixes no wording — you write the sentence and the agency approves it. There is no verbatim text to copy, and any quoted Georgia warning circulating in the trade is somebody's approved draft, not law.

Product
Same warning statements on every product type — this state does not vary them.
Market
Format
Options
Your warning block 
—
See every statement individually, with citations21
Producer label10
Georgia sets label content, not wording — no sentence in Chapter 351 is prescribed word for word. Artwork must also clear GMCC Executive Director approval before use.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the production licensee's name and license number.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the brand name.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the unique manufactured batch number.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the registration number of the independent testing laboratory.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the expiration date.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the quantity contained.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the weight in grams.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

List all active ingredients: THC, THCA, CBD, CBDA, and any other active ingredient making up at least 1% of the cannabis used.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Place the ASTM D8441/D8441M intoxicating cannabinoid symbol, or another symbol the Commission designates.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

State that the product, in final packaged form, has been tested by an independent laboratory.
Container disclosure1
SB 220 struck "percentage" from this clause and inserted "amount of milligrams", so the figure that has to appear is a milligram amount. A percentage is no longer required; carrying one as well is optional and breaks nothing. The clause also calls the container a "pharmaceutical container" — a statutory phrase Georgia does not define anywhere, and one Chapter 351 never uses. This sits in statute, not Chapter 351, and prescribes no sentence or format.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Show the amount of THC the container holds, in milligrams.
Recommended2
Georgia mandates no keep-out-of-reach line, no impairment warning and no FDA disclaimer. Our recommendation, not a citation. Before removing safety copy from live artwork, check with the Commission: the dispensary rule requires 'any cautionary statements or symbols as may be required by the Commission' and GMCC's FAQs say every product must show product safety information — neither expectation is published in a form we can read.
Royal Supply recommended

Not required by Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC). This is Royal Supply's own compliance-tested language, offered as good practice.

For use only by registered qualifying patients. Keep out of reach of children.
Vaporizer products. Georgia makes vaporization unlawful for anyone 21 years of age or younger, so the permitted age begins at 22.
Royal Supply recommended

Not required by Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC). This is Royal Supply's own compliance-tested language, offered as good practice.

For use by registered patients over 21 years of age.
Dispensary label8
A second, weather-resistant and tamper-resistant label the dispensary applies. Producers do not print these fields — leave a clear, flat, unprinted area sized for the label instead. The dispensary may not remove, alter, cover or tamper with the producer's label.
Applied by the dispensing licensee at dispense — not printed by the producer.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the date dispensed.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the dispensary's name, address and license number.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the patient's unique patient registry serial number assigned by the Georgia Department of Public Health.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the patient's first and last name.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the patient's date of birth.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print the caregiver's first and last name and unique patient registry serial number.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print directions for use.
Required content — your wording

Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

Print any cautionary statements or symbols the Commission requires.
03 — The Fine Print

Packaging & Labeling Rules

Child-ResistantEvery medical cannabis package has to be child-resistant and tamper-evident.
  • Child-resistant means packaging certified to the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act standard.
  • Applies to all product packaging — no product-type carve-outs.
  • Tamper-evident closure required, or a tamper-evident feature applied to the package.
  • A plain friction-fit closure will not satisfy the tamper-evidence requirement.
  • Spec certified closures and keep the closure supplier's certificate of compliance on file.
  • No pharmaceutical or USP container standard applies — the cannabis rules are the binding spec.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 351-4-.07(2)(b), (2)(g); 'child-resistant package' defined at r. 351-2-.01
LabelingTwo labels: the producer prints one before the product ships, and the dispensary applies a second at dispense.
  • Producer label goes on at the production premises before product moves to a dispensary or pharmacy.
  • Producer label must be weather resistant, unobstructed and legible.
  • Producer label carries: producer name and license number, brand name, batch number.
  • Also: testing lab registration number, expiration date, quantity contained, weight in grams.
  • Also: active ingredient list — THC, THCA, CBD, CBDA, plus anything at 1% or more.
  • Also: the ASTM universal symbol and a statement that the final packaged product was lab tested.
  • Georgia sets content, not wording. Write the sentences yourself — there is no quotable Georgia warning line.
  • Artwork is gated on state sign-off: the GMCC Executive Director must approve designs before use.
  • Build that approval round trip into the production schedule and do not print before it clears.
  • No cartoons, comic drawings, series of drawings or animation.
  • Never print 'candy' or 'candies', or any alternative spelling.
  • No depictions of people or animals.
  • Do not imitate packaging used for goods publicly known to be marketed to minors.
  • Only Commission-approved trademarks, logos and imagery may appear.
  • Leave a clear, flat, unprinted area sized for the dispensary's dispense-time label.
  • Do not place producer content where the dispensary label will obscure it — covering it is prohibited.
  • Royal Supply option, not a rule: pharmacy-style vials and bottles for oils, tinctures and capsules only.
  • Do not apply that vial convention to vaporizers, transdermal patches or lotions — those buyers cannot follow it.
Notes on this section — 4
  • Authorized product forms come from GMCC FAQs, not codified rule: oils, tinctures, transdermal patches, lotions, capsules, ingestibles and vaporizers, including flower for vaporization and concentrate or extract vape devices.
  • Food products containing medical cannabis are excluded from the statutory definition of 'Product' by name — O.C.G.A. § 16-12-200(15)(B) lists cookies, candies and edibles. That is statute, not guidance, and it is why the artwork ban on 'candy' exists.
  • Chapter 351 never mentions pharmacies, drug containers or USP standards, and sets no container dimension. The statute does call the container a 'pharmaceutical container' at § 16-12-191(a)(1) without defining it. Any container that is child-resistant, tamper-evident, opaque and (where multi-dose) resealable meets the rules.
  • A full rewrite of r. 351-4-.07 is out for comment and would change this list substantially: the rule would be retitled 'Product Registration; Packaging and Labeling', split the product label from a new safety label and a new tracking label, and prescribe warning sentences word for word for the first time — Georgia currently prescribes none. Proposed only; do not set any of it into type until the Commission adopts it.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 351-4-.07(1)–(4); r. 351-6-.06(1)–(2); r. 351-2-.01; O.C.G.A. § 16-12-200(15); GMCC FAQs (authorized product forms)
THC SymbolTwo separate jobs: a universal symbol on the label, and a THC quantity on the container.
  • Print the ASTM D8441/D8441M intoxicating cannabinoid product symbol on the producer label.
  • Georgia sets no size, colour or placement of its own — those follow the ASTM standard.
  • Only Georgia-side constraints on the mark: weather resistant, unobstructed, legible.
  • The mark is a graphic. No wording accompanies it.
  • Never typeset the standard's full name onto artwork — that is how the rule identifies the graphic, not printed copy.
  • Show the THC the container holds as a milligram amount.
  • No sentence or format is prescribed for the THC figure.
Notes on this section — 2
  • The milligram figure replaced a percentage on July 1, 2026. A percentage alone no longer satisfies § 16-12-191(a)(1); carrying one in addition is optional.
  • The Commission can designate a different mark. Re-check before each print run.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 351-4-.07(3), (3)(i); r. 351-2-.01 ('universal symbol'); O.C.G.A. § 16-12-191(a)(1), as amended by 2026 Ga. SB 220 (Act 712); ASTM D8441/D8441M (incorporated by reference)
Health WarningsGeorgia mandates no warning sentence, but it does police claims and the vaporization age limit.
  • No false or unapproved medical or therapeutic claims on packaging or in marketing.
  • No keep-out-of-reach line, impairment warning, age statement or FDA disclaimer is mandated.
Before you print
  • GMCC FAQs say every product must show product safety information. Confirm with the Commission before removing safety copy from live artwork.
Notes on this section — 3
  • The Commission may require cautionary statements or symbols on the dispensary label; that list is unpublished.
  • Vaporization is unlawful for anyone 21 years of age or younger, so the permitted age begins at 22 — but that is a conduct rule at O.C.G.A. § 16-12-234(a)(2), not a labeling duty. Nothing requires the age to appear on the package.
  • Vaporization in a public place is separately prohibited by § 16-12-234(a)(3).
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 351-6-.06(2)(d); O.C.G.A. § 16-12-234(a)(2)-(3), as amended by 2026 Ga. SB 220; GMCC FAQs
Serving SizeGeorgia sets no serving or dose size. Two THC ceilings are the numbers that matter.
  • 1,200 mg THC maximum per package.
  • 12,000 mg THC patient possession ceiling — a patient limit, not a container spec.
  • No per-container volume limit exists in Georgia rule.
  • Spec a resealable closure wherever a package could read as holding more than one dose.
Notes on this section — 3
  • The 1,200 mg per-package figure is confirmed in the enacted text: O.C.G.A. § 16-12-200(15), as amended by SB 220, defines a 'Product' as one that 'does not contain more than 1,200 milligrams of tetrahydrocannibinol in an individual package'. It is a definitional ceiling in statute, not a Chapter 351 rule — a container built above it holds something that is not a Product under Georgia law.
  • 'Dose' is not a defined term in the rules, and it is what triggers the resealability requirement.
  • Earlier copy here said volume limits were inherited from pharmaceutical container standards. That was our own framing, not a rule, and has been removed — do not size containers against it. The statute does use the phrase 'pharmaceutical container' at § 16-12-191(a)(1), but defines it nowhere and sets no dimension.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 351-4-.07(2)(h); r. 351-2-.01 (defined terms; 'dose' absent); O.C.G.A. § 16-12-200(15) and § 16-12-191(a)(1), as amended by 2026 Ga. SB 220 (Act 712), eff. July 1, 2026
Opaque PackagingOpacity is required twice — once on the container, again on the exit bag.
  • Primary packaging must be opaque.
  • No clear windows, view strips or tinted-but-transparent stock.
  • Exit packaging must be plain-coloured, light-resistant and opaque.
  • Exit packaging needs GMCC Executive Director approval and carries only pre-approved trademarks, logos or imagery.
  • The exit bag is additional to the compliant container — one does not substitute for the other.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 351-4-.07(2)(c); r. 351-6-.06(3), (3)(c)
ResealableResealable only when the package holds more than one dose.
  • Multi-dose package: resealable closure required.
  • Single-dose package: no resealability requirement.
Notes on this section — 1
  • 'Dose' is not defined anywhere in Chapter 351. Where a package could be read as multi-dose, spec a resealable closure or confirm the reading with GMCC before tooling.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 351-4-.07(2)(h); r. 351-2-.01 (defined terms; 'dose' absent)
Notable RulesSB 220 took effect July 1, 2026 and changed what Georgia packaging has to do.
  • 1,200 mg THC per individual package — a packaging-level ceiling, now confirmed in the enacted text.
  • The 5% THC potency cap is gone, replaced by a 12,000 mg cumulative patient possession limit.
  • Vaporization is now permitted, but only above 21 — the statute makes it unlawful for anyone 21 or younger.
  • 'Low THC oil' is renamed 'medical cannabis' throughout the statute. Update artwork terminology.
  • Food products containing medical cannabis — cookies, candies, edibles — are excluded from the definition of 'Product'. Do not tool an edible pack for Georgia.
  • The container THC figure is now a milligram amount, not a percentage.
  • Lupus and intractable pain join the qualifying conditions, alongside HIV and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
  • Patient registry cards are now valid for five years; annual certification still applies to most patients.
Before you print
  • GMCC has a full rewrite of Chapter 351 out for comment, and it would change what a Georgia label carries. Written comments close at 5:00 p.m. ET on September 9, 2026; the public hearing is September 16, 2026; the Commission votes on adoption at a virtual meeting on September 30, 2026. Read the notices at www.gmcc.ga.gov before committing artwork — see the labeling notes for what is on the table.
Notes on this section — 3
  • The January 1, 2027 deadline in SB 220 sits at O.C.G.A. § 16-12-234(b) and runs to the Department of Public Health, for rules on methods of ingestion. It is not a GMCC deadline for labeling or packaging rules.
  • Watch for a Georgia universal symbol or label spec in future rulemaking — it could displace the ASTM reference.
  • Governor Kemp signed SB 220 on May 12, 2026; it is Act 712, effective July 1, 2026.
2026 Ga. SB 220 ('Putting Georgia's Patients First Act'), Act 712, signed May 12, 2026, effective July 1, 2026; O.C.G.A. §§ 16-12-190, 16-12-191(a)(1), 16-12-200(15), 16-12-234
04 — Quick Answers

Georgia Packaging FAQ

What universal symbol is required on cannabis packaging in Georgia?
Georgia requires the ASTM D8441/D8441M Intoxicating Cannabinoid Product Symbol. Minimum size: No Georgia minimum size. Size and aspect ratio follow ASTM D8441/D8441M. Georgia-side constraints only: weather resistant, unobstructed, legible.. Placement: No prescribed placement. Place on the producer label, which must stay weather resistant, unobstructed and legible. Keep clear of the blank flat area reserved for the dispensary's dispense-time label. That second label may not cover producer content, and producer content must not be designed to sit under it..
Is child-resistant packaging required in Georgia?
Every medical cannabis package has to be child-resistant and tamper-evident. Child-resistant means packaging certified to the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act standard. Applies to all product packaging — no product-type carve-outs. Tamper-evident closure required, or a tamper-evident feature applied to the package. A plain friction-fit closure will not satisfy the tamper-evidence requirement. Spec certified closures and keep the closure supplier's certificate of compliance on file. No pharmaceutical or USP container standard applies — the cannabis rules are the binding spec.
What warning statements are required on Georgia cannabis packaging?
Georgia requires 19 warning statement(s) by content rather than by fixed wording - the licensee drafts the sentence and the agency approves it. The required content is set out on this page.
05 — Receipts

Sources & Citations

  • Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) — gmcc.ga.gov
  • Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) — dph.georgia.gov/health-topics/medical-cannabis
  • Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) — legis.ga.gov/legislation/65999
  • Georgia SB 220 (2026), Putting Georgia's Patients First Act — bill history and enrolled text at legis.ga.gov
  • Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 351-4-.07 (production licensee packaging and labeling; eff. Nov. 29, 2023)
  • Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 351-6-.06 (dispensing licensee labeling and exit packaging; eff. Apr. 5, 2023)
  • Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 351-2-.01 (definitions, including 'child-resistant package' and 'universal symbol')
  • Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 351-4-.10 (product information standard)
  • O.C.G.A. § 16-12-191(a)(1) (container THC disclosure), § 16-12-200(15) (definition of 'Product'), § 16-12-234 (methods of ingestion)
  • 2026 Ga. SB 220 ('Putting Georgia's Patients First Act'), Act 712 — enacted text as signed, Office of the Governor: https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2026-signed-legislation/sb-220/download
  • Georgia Legislative Counsel, Summary of General Statutes Enacted at the 2026 Session (Act 712; SB 220; effective July 1, 2026)
  • GMCC Notices of Intent to Amend Rule Chapters 351-1 through 351-8 and to adopt 351-6-.11, 351-8-.07 and Chapter 351-9, filed August 13, 2026 — comments close September 9, 2026, in-person hearing September 16, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. ET, virtual adoption meeting September 30, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. ET, all re-confirmed against the Commission's notice: https://www.gmcc.ga.gov/rules-georgia-law/commission-rules
  • GMCC FAQs (authorized product forms; product safety information)
  • ASTM D8441/D8441M (incorporated by reference by r. 351-4-.07(3)(i))

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