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4 Reasons Why Total Count Microbial Tests Are Poor Safety Indicators

Medicinal Genomics

Several articles have been published recently describing the challenges of microbial testing on cannabis and hemp. One thing that all these articles have in common is total count tests. We believe a better way to ensure consumer safety is to perform species-specific tests that target known pathogenic organisms, such as A.

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Article: Workplace exposures in the cannabis industry

Cannabis Law Report

Laura Davis; environmental, health and safety consultant; YellowBird ; Phoenix writes. It’s been a decade since Colorado legalized cannabis for recreational use, but the industry still has a long way to go to effectively and consistently ensure the safety of marijuana cultivators, extractors, lab workers and retail representatives.

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Colorado Is Trying to Implement 15% THC Cap on High-Potency Cannabis Concentrates

SpeedWeed

These limitations have raised some concerns in the industry, but advocates are even more concerned about a provision to cap the potency of THC concentrates. Proponents of the bill are arguing that concentrates now account for about a third of all legal weed sales in the state, up from about 11 percent in 2014. View original article.

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FDA Publish Article “5 Things to Know about Delta-8 Tetrahydrocannabinol – Delta-8 THC”

Cannabis Law Report

As a result, concentrated amounts of delta-8 THC are typically manufactured from hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD). . Some concerns include variability in product formulations and product labeling, other cannabinoid and terpene content, and variable delta-8 THC concentrations. synthetic conversion).

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5 Reasons Why Culture Plating Should NOT Be Used for Microbial Safety Testing on Cannabis

Medicinal Genomics

Culture-based methods, such as plating, are considered by some to be the “gold standard” of microbial safety testing. As mentioned earlier, our a peer-reviewed article showed that over 60% of the DNA found on culture-based yeast and mold tests came from bacteria. . However, cannabis is NOT one of those matrices !

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Expert Gives Delta-8 THC Thumbs Down

Project CBD

Scialdone, a recognized expert in the field of organic chemistry who specializes in natural product chemistry, is an inventor of 37 issued US patents and the author of 17 peer-reviewed articles in science publications. with unknown pharmacological and safety profiles.” Dr. Mark A. © Copyright, Project CBD.

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New- ANH-Intl Special Report: Is safety the new gremlin for CBD regulation?

Cannabis Law Report

We take a look at where CBD regulation might be going and whether we should be concerned about safety writes Rob Verkerk PhD, scientific and executive director, ANH-Intl. We take a look at where CBD regulation might be going and whether we should be concerned about safety. A new ‘problem’: safety. ? A new ‘problem’: safety.

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