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Michigan licensing officials later announced the largest cannabis recall in the state's history since the commercial market opened in December 2019.
The Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) has recalled all cannabis flower products that passed safety tests at the Viridis laboratory between August 10 and November 16. The MRA has not announced the exact number of affected products.
The recall affects products sold in more than 400 retail locations across the state. The full list is available here.
The MRA said in a notice issued before 5 pm on Wednesday that the laboratory test results were "inaccurate and/or unreliable," but did not further explain why the agency was concerned. The recall will not affect THC extracts such as e-cigarette bombs, resins and distillates.
"Although we strongly oppose this decision and firmly support our test results, we are fully cooperating with MRA and working closely with our customers to minimize interruptions and retest the affected products for free," Viridis wrote in a preparation Said in the good statement. "We have been approved to continue testing in our state-of-the-art facilities.
"We look forward to continuing to use the best and cutting-edge scientific methods to serve our outstanding customers so that we can fulfill our mission of promoting the health and safety of patients and adult consumers."
According to the MRA notice, customers who own the recalled products are required to return them to the retailer where they purchased them, "for proper disposal." "Consumers with weak immune systems or lung diseases are at the highest risk of health-related events (such as aspergillosis). If these potentially harmful products are consumed, these events can affect lung function."
All products must have a safety label, which contains the date the product passed the test and the test laboratory. Viridis Laboratories was founded by a former Michigan State Police forensic scientist and has laboratories in Bay City and Lansing. The license identification numbers of the Viridis laboratory that should appear on the label are: "SC-000009, AU-SC-000113" and "SC-000014, AU-SC-000103".
Retailers, processors, and licensed companies that have products tested within a specified time frame are required to stop sales and transfers.
MRA said: “The cannabis sales locations that sell the products covered by this announcement must display this recall notice at the sales location, and all customers can see it within 30 days from the date of this notice.” “The remaining products in the inventory meet the recall standards. The licensee has the following options: destroy the product and provide a certificate of destruction: MRA-Compliance@michigan.gov; retest the product for the microbiological compliance team; (or) send the product back to the original licensee source so that they can destroy the product or Retest the product as a larger batch."
The microbiological test is designed to filter out products that may contain large amounts of yeast, mold and bacteria, including potentially deadly Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella.
The MRA will not comment further on the recall as it is part of an ongoing investigation.
Viridis, a two-year-old company, told MLive in June that the samples it tested accounted for approximately 250,000 pounds of cannabis that enter the market each year. Although this number may have increased since June, it accounts for about 10% of all flowers sold in October, which is the most recent month's data provided by MRA.
The Michigan Marijuana Manufacturers Association (MCMA), a lobbying organization and industry trade organization that supports regulated markets and attempts to limit the production of medical marijuana caregivers, issued a statement after the recall.
The organization stated: "At MCMA, we believe that all cannabis should be tested, labeled and tracked. We believe that cannabis should be regulated like alcohol, medicines and food to promote the safety of patients and consumers." "Although MRA announced today The recall will cause damage to the business operations of some of our members and the entire industry, but product recalls are sometimes a necessary function for a licensed, regulated market to ensure product safety.
"Unfortunately, two-thirds of the cannabis sold in Michigan comes from an unregulated, unlicensed, and illegal market, which puts the safety of patients and consumers at risk."
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