Cannabis Safety Testing - Heavy Metals

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Testing for heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury, cadmium, and lead in cannabis products is a critical analysis to ensure safe cannabis consumption. Cannabis can absorb and accumulate heavy metal contaminants from the soil into its tissues. Cultivators should be knowledgeable about their fertilizer, soil, and water sources prior to growing cannabis. If any of the growing factors are contaminated, the plants and products down the line can be affected. A variety of health problems can arise from heavy metal poisoning, which is why heavy metal safety testing is required to sell cannabis flower and concentrates.

The Importance of Raw Materials Testing in Cannabis Product Manufacturing

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Raw materials testing can ensure that the ingredients used in manufactured cannabis product recipes (biomass, chemical additives) are safe, suitable for the intended use and are at the concentrations that provide accurate product dosing, reducing overall risk to both the manufacturer and consumer.

Microbial Testing for Cannabis Sativa

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How is qPCR testing used in the cannabis industry? Used throughout biology, PCR is a molecular technique used to amplify specific sections of DNA. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) is used in cannabis microbial testing to detect and quantify microbes of interest. We take a deeper look into this particular testing and its advantages.