On February 1, 2018, Colorado will update several testing regulations.
Medical cannabis products will require testing for contaminants.
- The full micro panel will be required on medical flower, edibles, topical, non-solvent-based concentrates, and remediated solvent-based concentrates. The full panel consists of total yeast and mold, shiga toxin-producing E. coli, and salmonella.
- Residual solvent analysis will be required on medical solvent-based concentrates.
- You may pursue process validation for both of the above tests to avoid testing every batch. Read more about the 1/1/18 process validation regulation updates on an earlier post.
The scope of residual solvents is expanding and maximum limits will change.
- The new residual solvents that will be required are acetone, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, pentane, and propane.
- Solvent limits will be adjusted as follows: acetone <1000 ppm, benzene <2 ppm, butanes <1000 ppm, ethanol <1000 ppm, heptanes <1000 ppm, hexane <60 ppm, isopropyl alcohol <1000 ppm, pentane <1000 ppm, propane <1000 ppm, toluene <180 ppm, and total xylenes <430 ppm.
- If you were process validated for residual solvents before February 1, you must test first three production batches of solvent‐based concentrates to residual solvents to maintain your status.
AgriScience Labs was just nationally recognized for all of the preceding tests.
We recently received three Emerald Awards for national recognition of both our residual solvent method and our microbial methods, so you can count on our results to be accurate, consistent, and reliable.
Our team can gladly help walk all of our new partners through the new regulations. Please reach out via phone (303-292-3800) or email (info@agrisciencelabs.com) with any questions or concerns.