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How Medical Marijuana is Cultivated, Processed, and Distributed in the USA

MMJ Recs

These regulations aim to maintain quality control, prevent diversion to the illicit market, and ensure patient safety. Other techniques include mechanical separation, such as using sieves or presses, to extract trichomes from the plant material. Marijuana processing techniques vary depending on the desired end products.

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Cannabis Isn’t Food. Don’t Test It Like It Is.

Medicinal Genomics

We continue to see several conflations and misconceptions voiced in the discussion about microbial safety standards for cannabis products. In fact, the “ New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint ” envisions a future food safety program based on molecular testing methods. Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Testing.

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California Cannabis: Breaking Down the CDPH Permanent Regulations

Canna Law Blog

This post will cover the main changes (in our opinion) regarding the California Department of Public Health Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch’s (“CDPH-MCSB”) permanent regs. Now though, manufacturers need to ensure that, if a product container is separable from the outer-most packaging (e.g.,

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Proposed New Michigan Cannabis Rules III: Operations, Testing, and Infused Products

Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

R 420.208 Building and fire safety. Such product would need to be tracked in METRC and destroyed; it could not be re-sold or re-packaged. These transfers would be limited to one harvest batch per package, although a cultivator may seek approval for multiple harvest batches for a single transfer.

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Why organic is so important when it comes to CBD

The Cannigma

A simple glance at the CBD products in your local health store or supermarket makes one thing certain – companies have put a great deal of thought into their packaging, branding, and marketing. But beyond the aspirational and atmospheric labels and imaging, what can you know about how they actually produce their products?

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Meadowlands: California’s Cannabis Supply Chain Panel

Meadow

I think bleach kills more people than this and we don’t put any safety labels on that. If you make a label claim, don’t make any label claims getting your product R&D tested, ready for market for when you go to compliance, it has to be in it’s final package form with all it’s kind of compliant labeling and all that stuff.