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www.publichealthlawcenter.org 16Lower-Potency Hemp Edibles & Cannabis: Minnesota City Retailers <br />(B) If a registration is mistakenly issued or renewed to any person, it will be revoked upon the <br />discovery of ineligibility for registration under this ordinance or state or other local law, <br />ordinance or other regulation. Any revocation will comply with the requirements of Minn. <br />Stat. § 342.22, subd. 5, as amended from time to time. <br />Section 7. Prohibited Sales and Other Restrictions. <br />(A) In general. In addition to the prohibitions and restrictions set forth under Minn. Stat. § <br />342.46, subd. 7, and Minn. Stat. § 342.27, subd. 12 no registered cannabis retailer, lower- <br />potency hemp edible retailer, or medical cannabis combination business shall sell or offer <br />to sell any approved product or medical cannabinoid product: <br />(1) By means of any type of vending machine. <br /> Provision that strictly conforms to the state law <br />(2) By means of self-service display. All approved products and medical cannabinoid <br />products, including lower-potency hemp beverages, must be stored in a locked case behind <br />the sales counter, in a storage unit, or in another area not freely accessible by the general <br />public. This does not prohibit registered cannabis retailers from displaying single product <br />samples pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 342.27, subd. 5. <br /> Provision that exceeds state law <br />Self-Service Display Prohibition <br />Minn. Stat. § 342.46, subd. 4 requires lower-potency hemp edible retailers to “ensure that all <br />lower-potency hemp edibles, other than lower-potency hemp edibles that are intended to be <br />consumed as a beverage, are displayed behind a checkout counter where the public is not <br />permitted or in a locked case. All lower-potency hemp edibles that are not displayed must be <br />stored in a secure area.” Cities and counties, therefore, may wish to regulate beverages more <br />stringently in the same manner as non-beverage edibles, such that beverages, too, must be <br />displayed behind a checkout counter where the public is not permitted or in a locked case. <br />Additionally, cities/counties could require the products always be stored in a locked case, whether <br />behind the counter or in another area of the store. Similarly, cannabis products for sale by a <br />cannabis retailers must be stored in a secure area, with the exception that the retailer may display <br />one “sample” of each cannabis flower and cannabis product. (See Minn. Stat. § 342.27, subd. 5) <br />September 2024