Using humidity control can extend the shelf life of dried cannabis and help keep it safe throughout the drying and curing process.
A nine-pound batch of cannabis, some of which was sold to 31 recreational customers, was recalled due to failed pesticide tests.
Shimadzu says their cannabis-specific HPLC can be used by someone with little experience, yielding results in as little as 8 minutes.
The global standards organization formed the committee to focus on “creating technical standards and guidance materials for cannabis and its products and processes.”
Outco, soon to be the largest cultivator in Southern California, is building a laboratory for quality controls, research and to help startups that touch the plant.
The recent round of The Emerald Test, an industry-wide proficiency test for cannabis labs, yielded positive results that show an improvement over last year.
Organization, adaptation, and learning can help the cannabis industry weather an uncertain 2017.
For potency analysis via HPLC, grinding/homogenization and alcohol extraction is a common sample prep technique for dried flower and extracts.
With voters legalizing recreational cannabis in four new states including California, there is a much larger public health concern at hand.
Two batches of cannabis with potentially dangerous levels of the insecticide Spinosad were sold to medical and recreational consumers.
