MYCOTOXINS

Mycotoxins are metabolites produced by fungi that can cause disease, damage to DNA, and have been associated with increased risk of cancer.  They have have traditionally posed a serious health risk for agricultural crops.  In recent years, they have garnered more media attention as a dangerous cannabis contaminant. 

The Center for Disease Control estimates 128,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized annually due to food borne illnesses. This has created a demand for food safety testing targeting the detection of pathogenic mold and bacteria on agricultural products. This risk extends to medical Cannabis and is of particular concern with inhaled, vaporized and even concentrated Cannabis products .

Monitoring for mycotoxic fungi in cannabis preparations has been recommended as part of routine safety testing by the Cannabis Safety Institute. A major driver for this recommendation has been numerous reported cases of serious or fatal pulmonary Aspergillosis associated with marijuana smoking in immunocompromised patients

MED requires testing of Cannabis concentrates for 5 mycotoxins – Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2, and Ochratoxin A.  They are named after the organisms that produce them – Aspergillus flavus and Apergillus ochraceus. Mycotoxins

AgriScience Labs uses high performance liquid chromatography combined with a fluorescence detector (HPLC-FLD) and competitive lateral flow immunoassay to detect mycotoxins in the parts-per-billion (ppb) levels in your concentrate samples.

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