With the medical marijuana industry booming and dispensaries popping up everywhere, there are plenty of companies that are capitalizing on the market for medical marijuana storage containers. There are a vast amount of storage containers and packaging types, each with their own benefits that set them apart from others. As a medical marijuana dispensary owner, knowing what to look for in these products is essential to keeping your product fresh and your customers happy. Our experts at MMC Depot have compiled the following article to guide you through what to look for when choosing the best storage containers.

Nontoxic and sterile container materialare the most obvious standards that your container’s material should meet, as even the most well designed marijuana storage container will be useless if it’s contaminating your product. For example, bisphenol A (BPA) in an industrial chemical used in plastics that has been shown to pose the risk of leaking into products. All plastic marijuana containers should be BPA free.

Containers should also be strong and durable in design to ensure that their shelf life is as long as possible. At MMC Depot, our containers are designed with maximum shelf life in mind to ensure that your product will always retain its quality, whether it’s a tincture or standard glass bottle.

Medical marijuana storage containersmust also be tamper resistant and child resistant to ensure that your product is safe and accessible only to your customers. Since marijuana is illegal in many states for those without a prescription, tamper resistance is necessary to ensure that your product does not fall into the wrong hands, especially minors.

Another important feature of storage containers is an airtight closing design to keep humidity at ideal levels and make sure that odors do not escape. This will not only help your product stay fresh and long-lasting, but it will ensure that your customers do not leave a trail of marijuana odor with them when traveling with their marijuana storage containers.

Storage containers must also be opaque so that the contents are obscure and they must be labeled to indicate the specific strain of your medical marijuana product. Each state has its own regulations in regards to proper medical marijuana labeling, so make sure you are aware of these guidelines when labeling your product. Failure to do so can lead to legal trouble for both you and your customers.

Proper storage and packaging of medical marijuana is something that is important for the safety of both your customers and your product. By following the tips listed above, you can ensure that the quality of your product will be kept intact at all times and your customers will be able to safety and effectively transport their medical marijuana storage containers.

Denver, CO – In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first two states in America to legalize marijuana, and more than 20 other state have followed with varying degrees of marijuana distribution since then. In order to accommodate every state where marijuana is legally sold, MMC Depot, an online packaging company with centralized distribution in Denver Colorado, has collected specialized packaging products to accommodate most, if not all, regulations that guide dispensaries and retail centers on the approved distribution of both MMJ flower and edibles. In doing so, MMC Depot has become one of the largest distributors of child resistant containers to dispensaries across the United States.

The Colorado Department of Revenue, the first governing body to work through the hard issues surrounding the safe distribution of MMJ, has well-defined regulations thatspecifies child-resistant packaging needs to be, “(a) designed or constructed to be significantly difficult for children under five years of age to open… (b) opaque so that the product cannot be seen through the outside packaging; (c) closable for any product intended for more than a single use or containing multiple servings, and (d) labeled properly as required by the R 1000 series.”

Other states just entering the complicated legalized marijuana market are looking to the work Colorado and Washington have done to make it a less time and resource-intensive entry into the unchartered waters of regulating an entirely new industry, especially when it comes to the safety and welfare of minors who may not fully realize the dangers of marijuana, especially extremely potent edible foodstuff.

MMC Depot cautions dispensaries in states where marijuana has only recently become legal that not only is child resistant a requirement of all rules governing the sale and distribution of marijuana, it just makes good business sense for dispensaries to self-regulate with as much consistency as possible or be subject to ever stringent state and market scrutiny.

MMC Depot was born out of the demand for child-proof cannabis packaging as a specialty division of 100 year old Central Bag & Burlap Co. Dispensary owners who are looking for child-resistant marijuana containers that follow all proper state guidelines should visit the MMC Depot website at http://www.mmcdepot.com/.

About MMC Depot

In 1914, Central Bag & Burlap Co. started as a company that only sold burlap sacks to farmers, grainers, and ranchers. 100 years later, Central Bag & Burlap Co. has expanded its product line to include over 10,000 new items and a new division: the MMC Depotpackaging company. MMC Depot is a modern packaging solutions and wholesale company that specializes in selling marijuana storage containers, such as exit packaging. Furthermore, MMC Depot has their own warehouse with ready-to-ship inventory, allowing for next-day delivery throughout all of Colorado.

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As laws have evolved to increase access to medical marijuana products, so have compliance requirements with packaging regulations that ensure the safety and effectiveness of these products.

While the sale of edible, recreational and medicinal marijuana is legally regulated in more than 20 states; the regulations regarding the displaying and selling of these products are not consistent across these states. This has caused considerable confusion and, in some cases, outright violations of the safe and legal sale of packaged marijuana products. As a result, industry leading packaging distributor, MMC Depot, is providing a best practice solution to this issue faced by the MMJ Industry by initiating consistency across all the MMJ packaging products distributed in wholesale throughout our considerable national network.

Regulations for Displaying and Selling Marijuana

Medical marijuana, whether sold as bud or in edible form, has to be protected from air, moisture and sunlight to ensure its quality, potency and safe consumption. However, now tamper resistance or childproof packaging is of greatest concern to the public. Within the MMJ Industry and across most states where medical or recreational marijuana is legally sold, these requirements must be adhered to with regards to marijuana containers and packaging:

• Containers and bags must be opaque and meet Food Grade requirements.

• The containers and bags must be child resistant to ensure minors do not gain accidental access to edible marijuana products that resemble regular food items.

• Containers must have airtight seals to protect the quality of the product and prevent contamination.

• All edibles packaging must be labeled with the following details: ingredients, expiry date, strength of the product, health warnings, product codes and whether any pesticides or other chemicals have been used.

• Containers designed for more than single use storage must be re-sealable.

Dispensaries selling marijuana products in packaging that does not meet with these requirements can face legal action or be shut down by the state regulatory agencies, so it is best to seek out packaging products from a reliable, reputable wholesale distributor with MMJ Industry experience.

MMC Depot has a rich, 100-year history in providing packaging for the food, retail and industrial industries through its parent company, Central Bag and Burlap. This heritage gives us access to considerable experience, strong relationships with the most reputable packaging manufacturers and the infrastructure to handle any size wholesale order to MMJ dispensaries and retailers in every state where medical marijuana is now sold.

Contact us for more information on our wide range of legally compliant, durable and customizable MMJ packaging and containers that are tailored to effectively meet the needs of your industry and the end user.

MMC Depot Provides MMJ Packaging to Washington State

With the passage of I-502 in the 2012 Washington State election, marijuana became legal in Washington—not just for medical use, but also for recreational use. As dispensaries are caught under the burden of demand and navigating undefined state regulations, one thing they can depend on is MMC Depot providing appropriate, safe and varied MMJ packaging products. MMC Depot, headquartered in Denver Colorado, the other state to recently legalize the recreational use of marijuana, is a subsidiary of a 100-year-old packaging company that for decades has refined product packaging for a vast variety of industries such as food packaging. The MMC Depot division, started in 2000 to cater specifically to the MMJ Dispensary industry, was almost preordained to take on the packaging of the budding marijuana industry. Early on, dispensaries in every state where medical marijuana legislation started to pass were more focused on the actual product than what it was packaged and delivered in to retail customers. Cheap bags and ill fitting plastic containers allowed product to leak the smell everywhere, as well as dry out, causing a diminishing return on the medical effectiveness of it. MMC Depot has been able to tap into their decades of packaging experience and manufacturing contacts to build an entire new ancillary industry to support dispensaries.

CoolJarz for Perfect Storage Of MMJ

One of MMC’s best selling products is the CoolJarz line of plastic containers for marijuana storage. These eco friendly containers are perfect for the natural herb and are compliant for contact with food products. CoolJarz are 100% recyclable products made from resin and are available in a wide variety of colors, shapes and sizes. Currently, the solutions provided by packaging companies fall short when it comes to opening mechanisms and preservation. Fortunately, CoolJarz comes with 4 different varieties of opening mechanisms that not only make it easy to open and maintain freshness, but also make them tamper resistant. Marijuana is extremely susceptible to heat and moisture. The CoolJarz range is designed in order to combat exposure to the humid climate. In fact, the double sealed jars make sure to protect the herb from damaging Washington humidity. Other forms of containers available also include pre-roll tubes and larger bowls. These containers are also meant to protect marijuana from its three harmful elements: light, heat and moisture. According to Washington law, you can have marijuana on your person, but can’t open it, display it, or use it in public. MMC Depot also supplies dispensaries with the Cannaline brand for safe transport of MMJ. Cannaline bags provide a portable and secure solution. The sturdy build of the Cannaline bags ensure that MMJ is protected from heat, humidity and light with the same level of quality as CoolJarz, but in a more discreet package that can be easily carried in a purse or pocket. Cannaline Bags are approved for marijuana storage and transport and allow you to carry the herb without fear of breaking the law.

Taking the Guesswork Out of MMJ Packaging Compliance

MMC Depot has been one of the first companies in the country to extend packaging products for legal marijuana use in states like Colorado and Washington. While medical marijuana has been legal in the state since 2000, and most of the rules surrounding packaging have been addressed, the recently passed laws for recreational use have created a flood of confusion about the rules of such things as child safe packaging. While MMJ packaging is relatively new, packaging for product and consumer safety has been something MMC Depot, through its parent company, has been dealing with for decades. This has given the packaging company a unique position to take a leadership role in defining what products work best for the sale and transport of marijuana, as well as the storage of the products for child safety and retaining product quality.

Ecommerce Purchases

MMC Depot’s new ecommerce web site show a recently expanded line of glass jars, containers and cannabis bags that are sold to dispensaries in Washington. The expanded website allows dispensaries to make purchases from one of the best packaging companies in bulk directly from the online store. The ecommerce store also provides buyers with insight into the product quantities and additional features such as price, opening mechanisms, materials and seals.

Industry Approved Packaging Solutions

MMC Depot is affiliated with the National Cannabis Industry Association. This affiliation allows MMC Depot to provide insight into packaging best practices and to be one of the leading packaging companies in Washington, as well as to other US states that are embarking on providing legal marijuana for public consumption.

Denver based packaging supplier, MMC Depot, has recently announced that the organization is offering Medicinal Marijuana dispensary clients in Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs access to a new range of cost-effective concentrate containers.