---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 990.26"
title: "7"
number: "990.26"
heading: "Responsibility of a USDA producer after laboratory testing is performed."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/990.26"
---

# §990.26. Responsibility of a USDA producer after laboratory testing is performed.

- (a) The producer shall harvest the crop no later than thirty (30) days after the date of sample collection.
- (b) If the producer fails to complete harvest within thirty (30) days of sample collection, a second pre-harvest sample of the lot shall be required to be submitted for testing.
- (c) Harvested lots of hemp plants shall not be commingled with other harvested lots or other material.
- (d) Lots that meet the acceptable hemp THC level may enter the stream of commerce.
- (e) Lots that do not meet the acceptable hemp THC level are subject to [§ 990.27](/cfr/7/990.27.md).
- (f) Any producer may request additional pre-harvest testing if it is believed that the original total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration level test results were in error. Additional testing may be conducted by the laboratory that conducted the initial test, or another laboratory.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1639o note, 1639p, 1639q, 1639r.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 5680, Jan. 19, 2021, unless otherwise noted.