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(1) General requirements: (a) Wholesalers are prohibited from offering HDCPs for sale in Tennessee if the products do not meet the following requirements: 1. Each product offered must contain a unique batch number; 2. HDCPs may not contain nicotine; and RULES FOR SUPPLIERS AND WHOLESALERS OF HEMP-DERIVED CHAPTER 0100-15 CANNABINOID PRODUCTS 3. Dimethylsulfoxide may not be used in any HDC product. (2) Inhalable HDCPs: (a) Wholesalers may not distribute inhalable HDC product made with a non-hemp-derived cannabinoid ingredient unless the ingredient is listed in, and the concentration and route of the ingredient is authorized under, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inactive ingredient database at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/iig/index.cfm. (b) Wholesalers may not supply inhalable HDCPs in which any of the following substances are used in its manufacture: 1. Vitamin E acetate; 2. Medium-chain triglycerides; 3. Polyethylene glycol; 4. Propylene glycol; or, 5. 2, 3-butanedione. (c) Wholesalers are prohibited from supplying HDCPs that have failed aW (water activity) testing. HDCPs that are in the category of edibles (i.e. infused products, gummies) shall be deemed compliant if the aW is less than 0.85. HDCPs that are in the category of inhalable (i.e. pre-roll, flower, oil, vape cartridge) shall be deemed complaint if the aW is less than 0.65. (3) Solvents. Wholesalers are not permitted to dispense HDCPs in Tennessee in which solvents were used in its manufacture. Use of the following substances are allowable exceptions: water, vegetable glycerin, vegetable oils, animal fats, butane, propane, carbon dioxide, ethanol, isopropanol, acetone, heptane, ethyl acetate, and pentane. (a) If butane, propane, heptane, or pentane is used as a solvent, the solvent must be documented on its COA as at least 99 percent purity. (b) If water, vegetable glycerin, vegetable oil, animal fat, carbon dioxide, ethanol, isopropanol, acetone, or ethyl acetate is used as a solvent, the solvent must be food grade according to FDA standards under 21 CFR Part 174. (4) Manner of Sale. HDCP wholesalers are prohibited from selling or offering to sell HDCPs for resell in Tennessee to any person that is not an HDCP licensed wholesaler or retailer.