A new Canadian government initiative will see federal cannabis regulator Health Canada randomly buy and test legal cannabis products – as well as illegal marijuana sourced from law enforcement agencies – “for comparative analysis.”
Health Canada said its laboratory could test for THC and CBD levels, “specific analytes of interest,” and contaminants.
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The new government testing and data collection program comes amid ongoing Canadian cannabis industry concern over THC inflation.
“The program will allow Health Canada to proactively collect information on the legal and illicit cannabis markets in Canada,” according to the regulator’s update.
Earlier this year, the CEO of a licensed cannabis testing laboratory spoke out against THC inflation after running his own tests on store-bought cannabis and finding that actual THC values were lower than the labeled amount.
Last week, the chief executive of Canadian cannabis producer Organigram Holdings also decried THC inflation.
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