California’s chief cannabis regulator on Wednesday morning released information about enforcement and consumer-safety efforts the agency initiated in 2024, a year marked by widespread accounts of pesticides and other contaminants found in commercial marijuana products statewide.
The Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) issued 481 embargoes last year, resulting in hundreds of thousands of marijuana products and raw materials removed from the supply chain until internal investigations deemed them safe or mandated their destruction, according to a news release.
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“DCC is using every resource at its disposal to ensure cannabis products meet safety standards before they reach the marketplace,” the agency’s director, Nicole Elliott, said in a statement.
“We are constantly learning and refining our investigative and recall processes to make California’s market stronger
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