What Changed in 2025
- • Program governance: Oversight shifted to the CCC, with rules effective May 1, 2025.
- • Licensing framework: 24 new retail licenses added, with 6 reserved for social equity applicants and 6 for worker-owned co-ops.
- • Packaging enforcement: Clear timelines for packaging/labeling compliance updates are now in effect.
- • Color flexibility: Brands can now use a wider range of colors—just avoid fluorescent or neon shades.
1) Child-Resistant, Opaque & Light-Resistant Containers
- • Primary or retail-ready packages must be certified child-resistant, opaque, and light-resistant, fully enclosing the product and preventing contamination.
- • If an inner container isn’t child-resistant, it must be placed in a compliant exit package at point of sale.
How CoolJarz helps: Our certified child-resistant containers come in compliant opaque finishes and are engineered to perform through filling, sealing, and transport.
2) Packaging Color Rules (More Design Flexibility)
The updated rules now allow packaging and labels to use a wider range of colors, provided they are not fluorescent or neon. Packaging must still remain opaque and child-resistant, but brands now have more room to showcase their identity.
CoolJarz fit: Choose bold, brand-aligned colors for your containers or shrink sleeves to stand out—without risking non-compliance. Our design team ensures your look stays vibrant but within state limits.
3) Tamper-Evident Packaging
Retail-ready packages must include tamper-evident features like shrink bands, full shrink sleeves, or tear strips to make tampering obvious to consumers.
CoolJarz fit: Our SST Shrink Sleeve System and custom tamper-evident bands make scaling production quick and consistent.
4) Labeling: What Must Appear
- • Producer and seller license identifiers, plus unique tracking ID.
- • Total active ingredients clearly displayed; for ingestibles, values must be highly visible and unambiguous.
- • Use-by date, net weight, serving size and servings per package, state universal symbol, and complete ingredient/allergen details for ingestibles.
CoolJarz fit: Our shrink sleeve design & printing integrates these required fields into clean, professional layouts ready for production.
Required Warning Presentation
- Warnings must be bold, clearly visible, and unobstructed—commonly highlighted in a bright yellow callout box.
- Peel-back or accordion styles are permitted if the tab clearly indicates a warning and remains noticeable.
5) Example Warnings
- • “Warning: Store in a securely locked cabinet away from children.”
- • “Warning: It is unlawful to transport this product outside of Rhode Island.”
- • For ingestibles: “Effects of this product may be delayed by 3 or more hours.”
6) Helpful Contact
Poison Help Hotline: (800) 222-1222
How CoolJarz Supports Compliance
Child-Resistant, Opaque Containers
Certified containers in multiple sizes with compliant finishes to meet all state requirements.
Tamper-Evident Sealing
Shrink bands & full sleeves applied with our SST systems for fast, consistent tamper evidence.
Compliant Label Design
Our design team integrates warnings, universal symbols, and required data into print-ready files.
Production-Ready Artwork
From dielines to prepress, we deliver files that print crisply and apply cleanly.
