Since the enactment of hemp regulations in 2024, the most frequent question we have received is “What is a batch?”.
Google defines a batch as “a quantity or consignment of goods produced at one time.” While most people understand the general term of batch, the regulatory details can make interpreting the cutoff in production challenging.
Here are a few rules to keep in mind.
Rules of Batches
- Batches are either made together or sold together
- Products of the same type, label claim, and target BUT different flavors are different batches (unless ALWAYS sold together as a variety pack)
- Batches are assigned unique identifiers each time they are made.
- The same recipe with the same raw ingredients made at different times is NOT a batch, but rather separate batches.
- Batch size should be recorded in units and counted as inventory.
- Batch size is NOT an estimate
- Batch size should have a reasonable maximum (many legislatures max out at 10,000 units)
- Every batch, meaning every production run, needs to be sampled and tested
- Producers should retain a representative sampling of each batch for the duration of the COA
