Ahead of the Seed to Sale Safety Workshop at the CQC this October, Joel Chappelle shares his thoughts on the importance of promoting consumer safety through industry education and collaboration in developing uniform safety standards.
Hop Latent Viroid (HLVd) threatens cannabis crops and results in reduced yield, quality and profit. However, the lack of education and research about this pathogen poses a bigger threat to the cannabis community. To safeguard the productivity and quality of cannabis crops we must learn accurate and timely pathogen identification along with proactive disease management practices.
New research suggests that cannabis products are well-situated to become luxury goods. To accomplish this, new approaches to cultivar branding are needed. Recently, a white paper applied state-of-the-art sensory science to develop a novel tool for objective characterization of aroma profiles in cannabis flower to facilitate new branding strategies.
In this comprehensive scientific study, researchers use in vitro methods to evaluate the impact of products containing CBD and CBG on the most dominant vaginal lactobacilli species, L. crispatus, associated with good health. Given the rise of intimate care products marketed with CBD and the reported antimicrobial properties of cannabis, these scientists set out to learn if products like cannabis infused lube have any effect on a vaginal microbiome.
Learn how to tackle THC inflation and lab shopping and understand how cannabis lab testing software can improve the reliability of lab data & automate processes.
The CQC is a business-to-business conference 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 delivers hands-on education, networking and business discussions.
The 2023 Cannabis Labs Virtual Conference: February Program. Check out sessions from the event like: When & Why You Should use Molecular-Based vs. Cultural-Based ID Methods; Hop Latent Viroid – The Pandemic of the Grow Room: Fact, Fiction & Management; and Cannabis Laboratory Accreditation – Challenges & Solutions
The Cannabis Quality Conference & Expo, hosted by Cannabis Industry Journal will take place October 16-18, 2023 in Parsippany, New Jersey.
The 2022 Cannabis Labs Virtual Conference: December Program. Check out sessions from the December 19 event such as: Potency Inflation: The Problem, the Causes and the Solutions; The Laboratory Information Landscape in Cannabis Testing; and Cannabis Testing Regulations & Implications for Environmental Monitoring
A chat with cannabis and hemp testing industry consultant Julie Kowalski about the evolution of the marketplace, the importance of product safety and some of the common challenges that labs face.
