The detailed requirements that cannabis, cannabis products, and other incipient and ingredients used during manufacturing must conform. Failure to meet specifications results in non-conforming products, formal Quality Assurance (or QA) investigations, rejection of material or product, reprocessing, and typically corrective actions.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
specification (noun)1.
the act or process of - specifying
2.
a) a detailed precise presentation of something or of a plan or proposal for something - usually used in plural
b) a statement of legal particulars (as of charges or of contract terms) , also a single item of such statement
c) a written description of an invention for which a patent is sought
criteria, standards, guidelines, requirements, parameters