Nearly 145,000 lab samples reveal how far regulated cannabis flower is falling below the ASTM water activity standard.
How state regulators plan to root out THC inflation and bring accountability to compliance testing.
This year’s event creates a crossover opportunity with the Food Safety Conference and gives cannabis professionals access to institutional expertise, while food safety experts gain a closer look at the unique quality challenges emerging in the cannabis industry.
Consumers are demanding clean, quality cannabis—and without a cold chain, the industry risks turning craft flower into commodity biomass.
Every stage of the production process including cultivation, extraction processing, manufacturing, packaging and delivery could potentially contribute elemental contaminants.
For years, much of the conversation around cannabis quality has focused on what goes into the product: potency, pesticides, solvents, microbial contamination, terpene profiles, and certificates of analysis. That scrutiny is necessary, but it stops one step too soon. Cannabis is burned in a pipe, heated inside a vaporizer cartridge, exposed to a high-temperature surface…
Cannabis Quality Conference
Brought to you by Cannabis Industry Journal, the 2026 Cannabis Quality Conference (CQC) is a business-to-business conference and expo where cannabis industry leaders and stakeholders meet to build the future of the cannabis marketplace. In a location surrounded by new market opportunities, the CQC will deliver hands-on education, networking and business discussions. The Agenda focuses on Quality Management, Shifting from Reactive to Proactive Decision-Making through Quality Management, Regulations and Standards, Testing & Analysis, Technology and Data Solutions., and Audits and Supplier Management. The venue setting, coupled with our highly focused content, creates a business meeting environment unlike anything else. The 2026 Cannabis Quality Conference (CQC) co-located with the Food Safety Consortium Conference, October 21-23, 2026 in Washington DC, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington VA directly across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. The Program includes workshops and training as part of the 2.5 days of high-level panel discussions and educational presentations.
Inside Red Light Holland’s Plan to Bring Psilocybin Products to the Global Market
Red Light Holland (CSE: TRIP) has established its foundation in the Netherlands, where psilocybin truffles, the underground sclerotia of psilocybin mushrooms, are legally permitted for cultivation and sale. The above-ground mushroom is prohibited, but the truffle is treated differently under Dutch law, despite delivering the same psychoactive effects. “It’s really the same thing, with the…
Discussions on the overlooked potential of these powerful compounds are on the rise
It’s complex how these different chemicals work to target and act on the brain and body. It’s not as straightforward as we think.
