2nd CannTrust facility rated non-compliant by Health Canada

TORONTO — Cannabis company CannTrust Holdings Inc. says its manufacturing facility in Vaughan, Ont., has been rated non-compliant by Health Canada.

Health Canada report on CannTrust Facility

The company says it was notified by Health Canada on Friday and added that remedial actions were underway for CannTrust facility.

The decision by the regulator was based on an inspection of CannTrust facility in July following revelations that Health Canada had found the company’s greenhouse in Pelham, Ont., to be non-compliant.

The scandal has led to the ousting of the company’s chief executive and the chairman of its board of directors.

CannTrust is fully Co-operating with Health Canada

The company had already implemented a voluntary hold on the sale and shipment of all cannabis products while Health Canada reviewed its Vaughan manufacturing facility.

CannTrust Holdings Inc. says that, it continues to work with Health Canada and will provide further details of the hold and other developments as they become available.

“We have retained independent consultants who have already started addressing some of the deficiencies noted in Health Canada‘s report,” CannTrust CEO Robert Marcovitch said in a statement.

“We are looking at the root causes of these issues and will take whatever remedial steps are necessary to bring the Company into full regulatory compliance as quickly as possible.”

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