This document specifies requirements and recommendations for organizations directly or indirectly involved in the cannabis supply chain, to enable them to:
— plan, implement, operate, maintain and update a good production practice programme for providing products that are safe, according to their intended use;
— demonstrate compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements;
— evaluate and assess mutually agreed customer requirements and demonstrate conformity to them;
— effectively communicate with interested parties and demonstrate conformity to relevant interested parties;
— demonstrate conformity to stated policies in a cannabis quality programme (CQP) for product safety, product quality, product security and facility safety;
— support the evaluation of quality programmes by external organizations or to permit self-assessment or self-declaration of adherence to some or all of the guidance contained in this document.
