Colorado lawmakers approve bill allowing cannabis retailers to sell food

Colorado cannabis stores will be allowed to sell food and beverages under a bill approved by state lawmakers.

The measure, which also relaxes other restrictions, permits marijuana retailers to sell “non-marijuana consumable products,” including food, as long as sales of such products do not account for more than 20% of overall revenue.

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Approved Wednesday by the Colorado General Assembly, the bipartisan Senate Bill 24-76 also:

Allows businesses to renew licenses every two years instead of annually. Permits operators with multiple licenses to use a single “unified application process.” Empowers the state Marijuana Enforcement Division to ditch a requirement for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on regulated marijuana by 2027. Allows retesting if a product has failed a test. The measure also

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