I don’t test my weed because its good. Tilray’s weed is irradiated for mold issues (growing at Bruce’s scale).
They need the numbers cuz they have’nt got the goods… BCBUG GOOD.
BC BUD is on fire while dude gets pennies to the dollar.
And get this!
Nsrc5 constant ripping on Tilray’s moldy bunk is the direct cause of his inability to see the obvious…
Yup! BC BUD rules!
California regulators revoke marijuana testing lab license for faking results
Chris Roberts, Reporter
July 29, 2024
California regulators canceled the license of a marijuana testing lab that allegedly faked test results and tampered with equipment so it could offer passing test results to cannabis products potentially contaminated with dangerous pesticides and mold.
Northridge-based California Cannabis Testing Labs was first discovered to have “engaged in activity that poses a threat to public health” by the state Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) in February 2022, according to documents obtained by MJBizDaily.
The July 24 notice from DCC Deputy Director Michael Cheng lists 20 alleged violations uncovered at California Cannabis Testing Labs (CCTL).
The DCC’s decision to cancel CCTL’s license was first reported by WeedWeek.
According to the letter, the DCC canceled the lab’s provisional license and denied its application for an annual license.
Alleged violations include:
“Deliberately” faking bench sheet records for pesticides and mycotoxins.
Retesting samples to produce “false and artificially inflated levels of THC.”
Manipulating lab equipment to be unable to detect solvents and pesticides identified as cancer risks by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CCTL’s laboratory director, who was not identified in the DCC’s letter, also allegedly signed a certificate of analysis (COA) for a cannabis product that reported no detection of the pesticide chlorfenapyr.
But a test conducted later by the state “on samples collected from the same batch” found nearly 600 times the amount of chlorfenapyr allowed under state law, according to the DCC.
CCTL’s owners – listed as Roger Chivukula, Krishna Chivukula and Melissa Mabe – did not immediately return an MJBizDaily email seeking comment.
Calls to the phone number listed on the lab’s website went to a voicemail that was full.
Lab plans to fight back
Under state law, CCTL can request a hearing to contest the findings.
DCC spokesperson David Hafner told MJBizDaily that CCTL “has requested an ex parte hearing regarding the status of their license.”
The agency “plans to oppose the ex parte application and does not have any additional comment at this time,” Hafner said in an emailed statement.
CCTL’s license, which state records indicate was first issued in July 2019, was listed as canceled in a state database on Friday.
Lab-tested product later recalled
It’s not immediately clear how many products tested by CCTL were later sold to California consumers.
The letter notes three recalls in March, May and June of this year were for cannabis products the lab had passed that were later found to be tainted with the mold aspergillus.
Mandatory recalls issued July 17 for vaporizer cartridges sold beginning last fall cited “presence of the pesticide chlorfenapyr.”
While the July recall notices do not identify any involved labs, the DCC’s letter to the owners of CCTL note that “the Department initiated a commercial cannabis batch recall on July 17, 2024, due to the presence of the pesticide Chlorfenapyr which the Applicant inaccurately reported on the COA as ‘non-detected.'”
The recalls and subsequent license cancellation come at a time when the industry is facing increased concern over poor quality products, testing, including allegations of THC potency inflation and deliberate manipulation of test results across the industry.
“We’ve been saying this forever,” said Josh Swider, the co-founder and CEO of Infinite Chemical Analysis Labs, based in the San Diego area.
They all do it!
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