In this series of articles, Aaron Green sits down and interviews industry scientists and executives leading cannabis formulation companies. In Part 4, Green chats with Austin Stevenson, chief innovation officer at Vertosa, a cannabis infused ingredients company, to learn more about their solution and challenges in cannabis beverage testing.
The Infused Products Virtual Conference. Check out sessions from the November 16, 2021 event such as: Where to Begin: Leveraging Quality Systems to Improve Operations & Growth; 3 Steps to Create a Compliance Culture with Operational Excellence; Innovation from an Outside Perspective – For the Purpose of Building Infused & CBD Product Success; and Implementing Food Safety Management Systems in Infused Products Production Facilities.
Lean management or Lean thinking is a process for continuous improvement that can be applied to any business. In this piece, Rob Radke, president of Method Testing Labs, walks us through how to implement Lean processes in the cannabis laboratory.
The Cannabis Labs Virtual Conference. Check out sessions from the September 14, 2021 event such as: Hemp & Delta-8 in the United States: The Evolution of the Hemp Testing Market, ISO 17025 Accreditation is NOT the Golden Ticket, Pesticides in Hemp: Challenges and Solutions and What to Expect When Opening a Lab in a New State.
Earlier this year, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) announced a plan to introduce new testing rules for the state’s hemp industry, including residual solvents, heavy metals and pesticide analyses. While the rollout has been delayed to 2022, regulators are allowing hemp companies to work with out-of-state labs to prevent a lab testing bottleneck while they bring everyone up to speed.
The Florida-based cannabis lab testing company announced the roll out of their proprietary “Tested Safe Certified Seal” program, which gives products that pass compliance testing a symbol on their label to bolster consumer trust.
Last week, AOAC approved PathogenDx’s Quantx assay for total yeast and mold. This week, they approved Medicinal Genomics’ PathoSEEK 5-Color Aspergillus Multiplex Assays.
Labs have long dealt with the threat of cross contamination, which leads to reduction in test accuracy and turnaround time, ultimately costing both the lab and the grower significantly.
New market opportunities, more requirements in testing regulations, new technologies and other factors are leading to a much larger cannabis testing market in the next five years.
In this series, Aaron Green sits down and interviews a number of laboratories and technology providers leading the cannabis testing space. In Part 1, Green sits down with Milan Patel, CEO and co-founder of PathogenDx, to learn more about their technology and business model.
