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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. All requirements in this document are generic and intended to be applicable to all organizations in the cannabis supply chain, regardless of size and/or complexity. Organizations that are directly or indirectly involved include (but are not limited to) growers/cultivators, harvesters, primary processors, producers of cannabis, manufacturers of cannabis derivatives, cannabis edibles and/or cannabis products, testing providers, retailers and organizations providing transportation, storage and distribution services, suppliers of equipment, packaging materials and other contact materials. This document intended to enable any organization, including small and/or less developed organizations, to implement externally developed elements in its CQP. NOTE 1 - Organizations in the cannabis supply chain are diverse in nature and not all the requirements specified in this document apply to each establishment or process. Justifications for exclusions or the use of alternative measures can be documented by a risk assessment/hazard analysis or other appropriate means.