A legislative committee in Connecticut adjusted the allowable amount of mold and yeast in medical marijuana products in the state.
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According to The CT Mirror, the adjustments for the two MMJ testing labs in the state means:
There can be no trace of a mold well-known to cannabis growers – aspergillus. A total count of other yeast and mold at 100,000 colony-forming units per gram.
Regulators also changed the method of MMJ testing from a plating method to a DNA-based, more specific quantitative polymerase chain-reaction test.
The labs have six months to implement the new procedure.
Connecticut’s medical marijuana testing labs are AltaSci Laboratories in New Britain and Northeast Laboratories in Berlin.
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