SOP
A written, version-controlled document describing exactly how a regulated task is performed — required by state cannabis regulators for most operational activities and required to be acknowledged by every employee performing the task.
What an SOP is
A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is a written document that describes exactly how a specific operational task is performed. In regulated cannabis, SOPs cover everything from receiving and quarantining inbound product, to harvesting and curing, to packaging, to point-of-sale, to waste destruction.
Most state regulators require operators to maintain SOPs for any activity that affects product safety, security, or chain of custody. Inspectors will ask to see the SOP for a given task and then watch employees perform it — if practice diverges from the SOP, that's a violation.
What a good SOP contains
- Purpose and scope — what task this covers and where it applies
- Roles — who is permitted to perform the task and who supervises
- Materials and equipment — exactly what's used
- Step-by-step procedure — numbered, unambiguous
- Recordkeeping — what gets logged and where
- Revision history — what changed, when, and by whom
Why it matters to compliance
SOPs are only as good as their adoption. Every employee performing the task must have read, understood, and acknowledged the current version. When the SOP changes, every prior acknowledgment goes stale and re-acknowledgment is required.
Verdaxi's SOP manager handles versioning, role-based assignment, e-signature acknowledgments, and the audit trail proving who acknowledged which version on which date — the artifact inspectors actually ask for.
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