Glossary

Metrc Retail ID

A second, per-unit identifier Metrc introduced for retail products (New York from February 2026), in addition to the package tag.

For a New York store, Retail ID means each unit carries a second identifier on top of the Metrc package tag. BudAlly's New York pack carries it as rule IN-NY-01, Metrc + Retail ID on every unit, and the reconciliation guide notes it as a second identifier per unit for New York.

In the New York pack, a distributor-to-retail manifest without the IDs is blocked, and every product card links the package COA and the Retail ID, so the identifier follows the product from the transfer through to the menu.

One trap sits in Metrc's own documentation. Every state's printable endpoint list shows Retail ID, and none of them says an endpoint is switched off in that state, so the docs cannot tell you what is enabled where. You establish that per state, in the sandbox or with Metrc support, and you write it down.