NY weighs giving pizza joints, other eateries OK to sell cannabis-infused foodBy Carl Campanile
April 24, 2022
This could give new meaning to Big Apple pizza joints.
New York State officials are weighing whether to allow pizzerias and other eateries to sell fresh cannabis-infused grub and packaged pot edibles, The Post has learned.
Aaron Ghitelman, a spokesman for the state Office of Cannabis Management, confirmed there have been discussions about awarding such licenses to food preparers — raising the possibility of offerings such as pesto pot pizza or pepperoni with sweet weed sauce.
However, “the regulations regarding infused food products have not been released yet,” Ghitelman stressed.
The Empire State passed a bill legalizing recreational marijuana last year, and the first licenses to sell weed will be issued in the fall, with sales in neighborhood stores to begin by the end of 2022.
State Sen. Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan), a key architect in writing New York’s cannabis law, said having eateries like pizzerias using cannabis was not a hot topic when she worked on the bill — but it’s not explicitly prohibited, either.
“Of course cannabis with edibles is not a new concept,” Krueger said.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/04/24/nyc-weighs-giving-pizza-joints-other-eateries-ok-to-sell-cannabis-infused-food/
