The largest licensed medical cannabis grower in Mississippi was ordered to destroy about 5,000 plants, which state regulators estimated were worth roughly $1 million.
The state health department also ordered Mockingbird Cannabis to stop some operations and make structural improvements, Mississippi Today reported.
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According to a previous report by the nonprofit news outlet, the company wasn’t following cultivation and security rules set by the state, prompting regulators to write Mockingbird a letter detailing corrective actions.
The company was growing without entering plants in the seed-to-sale tracking system as well as cultivating at a second site away from its main licensed grow facility, Mississippi Today reported.
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Mockingbird co-founder Marcy Croft told the news outlet in a statement that the company will “fully cooperate” with the health department as well as growers, retailers and health care providers in Mississippi.
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