Canadian marijuana operator Organigram Holdings is asking a federal court to quash a Health Canada decision that the company’s popular ingestible cannabis lozenges should be classified and regulated as edibles instead of extracts.
The legal challenge could have broader implications for Canada’s regulated cannabis sector and affect millions of dollars in sales of high-potency lozenges and similar products.
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Toronto-headquartered Organigram is seeking an application for judicial review.
In Canada, such reviews give stakeholders, including companies, the opportunity to challenge decisions by government authorities, explained lawyer Ranjeev Dhillon, a partner with Toronto-based McCarthy Tétrault and co-lead of the firm’s cannabis law group.
“I think a lot of people in the industry will be waiting to see what the result of this is, because if Organigram is successful, I think that could lead to more challenges in the future,” said Dhillon, who is not involved with Organigram’s case.
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