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Seed to Sale Tracking

March 24, 2025

Below is the planned implementation timeline for licensed cannabis businesses to transition Illinois' seed-to-sale track-and-trace data system vendor from BioTrack to Metrc. This data system is required for inventory tracking to ensure compliance with State laws and regulations. 

The transition implementation begins with transporter licenses and registered testing laboratories getting set up in the system, followed by cultivation centers, craft growers, and infusers adding plants and products, and completed with dispensaries transitioning last to conduct sales. The phased approach ensures a smooth and efficient migration across the supply chain and minimal disruption to cannabis medical patients and consumers.

The important upcoming dates are:

  • Phase 1: April 1-18: Transporters and Testing Laboratories
  • Phase 2: April 25-May 25: Cultivation Centers, Craft Growers, and Infusers
  • Phase 3: April 25-June 17: Dispensaries

By the end of Phase 2 and Phase 3, those licensees should have inventory tagged and recorded in Metrc. Metrc has additional information and support available online (https://www.metrc.com/partner/illinois/).

To move items into Metrc, plants and packages will need Metrc RFID Tags. Additional information will be shared with licensees about the ordering process for those Tags. Through State funding, cannabis business establishments will not be charged for Metrc’s RFID tags, subject to certain restrictions.

Key deadlines:

  • May 25: Testing Laboratories report lab test results in Metrc only.
  • June 2: All product transfers in Metrc only.
  • June 17: All cannabis licensees should be transitioned into Metrc.
  • July 1: Metrc becomes the official cannabis inventory tracking system for Illinois.

Resources and links:

Webinars, trainings, and licensee support will be shared with the cannabis businesses during the transition timeline. Consumers, both medical patients and adult use buyers, should not be impacted during the change.

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