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MI Michigan Adult-Use & Medical
State Compliance Guide

Michigan
Cannabis Packaging Requirements

Michigan cannabis packaging is regulated by the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA). 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
Michigan official universal cannabis symbol
Official artwork
01 — The Mark

Universal Symbol Requirements

Symbol Specifications

SymbolMichigan Universal Marijuana Symbol
Minimum SizeNo state minimum.
  • Royal Supply house size: 0.75 x 0.75 in.
  • Any size is compliant — run it smaller on pre-roll tubes and slim vape cartons.
ColorsNo color or contrast spec.
  • Reproduce the CRA artwork as issued (JPG or EPS).
Notes on this section — 1
  • Contrast guidance is ours, not the state's.
PlacementNo panel or position specified.
  • It only has to appear on the label of the container, bag, or product.
  • Royal Supply convention: principal display panel.
Notes on this section — 1
  • Front-panel placement is our convention, not a Michigan requirement.
How To ObtainDownload the official artwork from the CRA.
  • michigan.gov/cra — JPG and EPS.
  • EPS file is linked under Official Files on this page.

State-issued mark identifying the product as marihuana.

  • Cannabis leaf with warning elements, to signal the product may be dangerous.
  • Preview art on this page is a recreation — always print from the official file.

Official Files & Links

⬇MI Universal Symbol (EPS – download)

Design & Print Specs

Symbol ColorsAs issued by CRA
CMYK / PMSAs issued by CRA
PlacementPrincipal display panel (front)
Bold RequiredNo

Symbol min 0.75"×0.75". 'Actual value may vary by 10%' disclaimer required.

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 Michigan in substance only; you write the sentence.

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 citations6
R 420.504(1)(j) warning block2
All marihuana product, before sale or transfer to or by a marihuana sales location.
Exact text required

Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

It is illegal to drive a motor vehicle while under the influence of marihuana.
All marihuana product, before sale or transfer to or by a marihuana sales location.
Exact text required

Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

National Poison Control Center 1-800-222-1222.
R 420.504(1)(j)(iii)/(iv) — print one, not both2
Confirmed character for character against the codified copy of R 420.504(1)(j)(iii) published in the Michigan Administrative Rules system.
Product sold by a marihuana facility that exceeds the maximum THC levels allowed for products sold under the MRTMA. This statement is printed IN PLACE OF the 21-and-older statement below — never alongside it.
Exact text required

Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

For use by registered qualifying patients only. Keep out of reach of children.
Default statement for all product that does not exceed the maximum THC levels allowed under the MRTMA. Mutually exclusive with the registered-patient statement above.
Exact text required

Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

For use by individuals 21 years of age or older or registered qualifying patients only. Keep out of reach of children.
R 420.504(1)(j) warning block1
R 420.504(1)(j)(v) sets this statement in full capitals inside the quotation marks, so the capitalisation is part of the prescribed string rather than a styling choice. It must also appear in clearly legible type and be surrounded by a continuous heavy line, unbroken on all four sides. Michigan specifies no point size and no rule weight.
All marihuana product, before sale or transfer to or by a marihuana sales location.
Exact text required

Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) prescribes this wording. Reproduce it character for character, including capitalization and punctuation.

WARNING: USE BY PREGNANT OR BREASTFEEDING WOMEN, OR BY WOMEN PLANNING TO BECOME PREGNANT, MAY RESULT IN FETAL INJURY, PRETERM BIRTH, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, OR DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS FOR THE CHILD.
1
The two-hour figure is Royal Supply's wording, not the state's. A producer whose product activates on a different timeline should state its own activation time — the rule requires the element, not this sentence, so it does not carry a copy-verbatim control. Topicals are infused products for the activation-time element, but this particular sentence is written for product that is ingested.
Edible and infused products. Michigan requires activation time to be expressed in words or through a pictogram (R 420.504(1)(g)) but does not fix the sentence.
Required content — your wording

Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) requires this information but does not fix the sentence. Write your own copy; the agency approves it.

WARNING: The intoxicating effects of this product may be delayed by 2 or more hours.
03 — The Fine Print

Packaging & Labeling Rules

Child-ResistantChild-resistant packaging is mandatory for edibles. Every other category only has to be sealed.
  • Edibles: child-resistant to 16 CFR 1700.15 — the federal standard for packaging significantly difficult for under-fives to open.
  • Multi-serving edibles: also resealable to that same 16 CFR 1700.15 standard.
  • All categories: the container, bag, or product must be sealed as well as labeled.
  • Royal Supply house standard — stricter than the Michigan rule. 16 CFR 1700.15 child-resistant across every category.
  • Royal Supply house standard — stricter than the Michigan rule. Tamper-evident closure to satisfy the sealing requirement.
Notes on this section — 2
  • Child-resistant closures on non-edible categories are our recommendation, not a Michigan rule.
  • Tamper-evident is our chosen way to seal; the rule says seal, not how.
R 420.403(10); R 420.504(1); 16 CFR 1700.15
LabelingEvery retail package must be sealed and carry a fixed list of elements, with extra elements on infused products and edibles.
  • Cultivator or producer name and state license number, plus the statewide-monitoring-system package tag.
  • Packaging licensee name and license number, if different from the producer.
  • Harvest date, if applicable.
  • Strain name, if applicable — still in force today.
  • Net weight, US customary or metric.
  • Lab-reported THC and CBD concentration.
  • Statement that the actual value may vary from the reported value by 10%.
  • Activation time, in words or a pictogram.
  • Testing lab name and any test analysis date.
  • The universal marihuana symbol published on the agency's website.
  • The five warning statements — see the warnings list.
  • Pregnancy statement sits inside a continuous heavy line, unbroken on all four sides.
  • Infused products (edibles, tinctures, topicals, beverages): product-name modifier — marijuana product, THC product, or cannabis product — in the same or a larger font than the product name.
  • Infused products: ingredients in descending order by weight, net weight or volume, production date, and all non-marihuana inactive ingredients.
  • Edibles: allergen labeling, plus 21 CFR part 101 labeling if any health or nutrition claim is made.
  • Date fields — edibles need production AND expiration; other infused products need production only; flower, concentrate and vape need neither.
  • Do not add an expiration date where none is required: a printed date creates a sell-by bar on product that would otherwise have none.
  • Edible expiration date is set by the producer from product quality, the packaging, and customary conditions to sale — a barrier or seal change can force a new date.
  • Once an expiration label is affixed, no one may alter that date or apply a label bearing a later one.
  • Reserve a legible date field sized for the producer's coding method — inkjet, thermal transfer, or hand-stamp — clear of where the monitoring-system tag lands.
  • The 3.5 x 5 inch retail pamphlet is a dispensary handout. Never print it on the package.
Before you print
  • Cartridges and inhalable concentrates: whether they count as infused product for the production-date element is unsettled — MMFLA and MRTMA definitions read differently. Check before advising a cartridge customer.
Notes on this section — 4
  • The product-modifier font size is CRA Advisory Bulletin 9/2/2022 enforcement history, not codified rule text.
  • Date-field size and placement are Royal Supply recommendations, not Michigan requirements.
  • Rules in force are the 2020 AACS set as amended by 2022 MR 5. Do not cite R 420.405 to R 420.405b numbering — that renumbering is proposed only.
  • The codified copy gives the pamphlet statement as "National Poison Control Center Hotline 1-800-222-1222" — same digits as the package statement, with the word Hotline added. R 420.504(4).
R 420.504(1)(a)-(j), (2), (3), (4); R 420.403(6), (7), (11); R 420.502(4); CRA Advisory Bulletin 9/2/2022 (guidance)
THC SymbolThe universal marihuana symbol has to be on the label. Michigan sets no size and no panel.
  • Print the agency's published universal symbol on the container, bag, or product label.
  • No minimum size — any size is compliant, so a slim vape carton or pre-roll tube can run it small.
  • Royal Supply house size: 0.75 x 0.75 in.
  • Royal Supply convention: principal display panel.
Notes on this section — 1
  • The 0.75 in size and the front-panel placement are ours, not Michigan's — neither carries a compliance penalty.
R 420.504(1)(i); R 420.503(e)
Health WarningsFive separate statements, not one block — and two of them are alternatives you have to choose between.
  • Always: the impaired-driving statement.
  • Always: the National Poison Control Center statement.
  • Choose one for-use-by statement. The 21-and-older statement is the default.
  • The registered-patient statement replaces it when the product exceeds MRTMA maximum THC. Never print both.
  • Keep out of reach of children is the tail of whichever for-use-by statement you use, not a free-standing line.
  • Always: the pregnancy and breastfeeding statement, in clearly legible type inside a continuous heavy line unbroken on all four sides.
  • No point size or rule weight is specified for that box.
Notes on this section — 2
  • All five statements are confirmed character for character against the codified copy of R 420.504(1)(j).
  • Two of them are set in the rule with punctuation that is easy to lose: the poison-control line has no colon and does carry a full stop, and the pregnancy statement is codified entirely in capitals.
R 420.504(1)(j)(i)-(v)
Serving SizeMichigan requires no serving-size statement today. What goes on the label is the lab potency result.
  • Print lab-reported THC and CBD concentration.
  • Add the statement that the actual value may vary from the reported value by 10%.
  • Multi-serving edibles must be in a resealable container.
Notes on this section — 1
  • A pending rule package would require serving size and dose on each product, and single-serving edible packaging or a scoring or measuring device. It has not been filed with JCAR — do not design to it yet.
R 420.504(1)(f); R 420.403(10)
Opaque PackagingOnly edibles have to be opaque. Every other category can be clear.
  • Edibles: opaque, child-resistant container meeting 16 CFR 1700.15.
  • Flower, pre-rolls, vape hardware, concentrates, topicals: clear jars, clear tubes and window pouches are all legal.
Notes on this section — 1
  • Opacity on non-edibles is our recommendation only. A buyer who wants a window should get one — the cheaper option is the compliant option here.
R 420.403(10)
ResealableResealability applies to one thing only: edibles containing more than one serving.
  • Multi-serving edibles: resealable package or container meeting 16 CFR 1700.15.
  • Single-serving edibles: child-resistant, but no reseal required.
  • Non-edible categories: no Michigan reseal mandate.
Notes on this section — 2
  • Reseal and child-resistant are separate requirements — do not treat one as satisfying the other.
  • Resealable closures outside multi-serving edibles are our recommendation, not Michigan's.
R 420.403(10); 16 CFR 1700.15
Notable RulesTwo things to watch: the minors-appeal rules that are in force, and a rule rewrite that is not.
  • Edibles may not be associated with cartoons, toys, or colors and designs that appeal to minors.
  • No human, animal, or fruit shapes, and the product must be distinguishable from commercially sold candy.
  • Keep printing to the rules in force: 2020 AACS as amended by 2022 MR 5, effective March 7, 2022.
  • Plan ahead for inner-package labeling support and serving-size identification, but do not print to them yet.
  • Expiration dating is R 420.403(11). Any older Royal Supply material citing R 420.403(8) is wrong.
Notes on this section — 4
  • Rule package 2023-025 LR is not law. MOAHR approved it May 11, 2026, but it has not been filed with JCAR.
  • A second comment period and hearing came first: hearing July 23, 2026, comments closed July 24, 2026. No JCAR filing as of September 1, 2026 — the codified rules carry no amendment after the 2022 set.
  • If adopted it would renumber labeling out of R 420.504, repurpose R 420.403 as infused beverages, require serving sizes and doses, require single-serving edible packaging or a scoring device, extend labeling to inner packaging, and drop the strain-name element.
  • Re-verify this page before any 2027 reprint.
R 420.403(9); R 420.403(11); Mich. Admin. Code R 420.403 and R 420.504 (2020 AACS; 2022 MR 5, eff. Mar. 7, 2022); LARA news release 5/14/2026
04 — Quick Answers

Michigan Packaging FAQ

What universal symbol is required on cannabis packaging in Michigan?
Michigan requires the Michigan Universal Marijuana Symbol. Minimum size: No state minimum. Royal Supply house size: 0.75 x 0.75 in. Any size is compliant — run it smaller on pre-roll tubes and slim vape cartons.. Placement: No panel or position specified. It only has to appear on the label of the container, bag, or product. Royal Supply convention: principal display panel..
Is child-resistant packaging required in Michigan?
Child-resistant packaging is mandatory for edibles. Every other category only has to be sealed. Edibles: child-resistant to 16 CFR 1700.15 — the federal standard for packaging significantly difficult for under-fives to open. Multi-serving edibles: also resealable to that same 16 CFR 1700.15 standard. All categories: the container, bag, or product must be sealed as well as labeled. Royal Supply house standard — stricter than the Michigan rule. 16 CFR 1700.15 child-resistant across every category. Royal Supply house standard — stricter than the Michigan rule. Tamper-evident closure to satisfy the sealing requirement.
What warning statements are required on Michigan cannabis packaging?
Michigan 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.
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