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Two Proposed ASTM International Standards Underway to Support Cannabis Sampling Procedures
W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., August 23, 2018 – Members of the ASTM International cannabis committee (D37) are proposing two guides for cannabis sampling procedures in an effort to ultimately improve consumer safety.
The guides cover concentrates, extracts, and other cannabis-infused products (WK64646) as well as harvest lots and usable cannabis products (WK64336). Members say the new standards will provide sampling procedures critical in generating accurate laboratory results, which in turn could lead to improved consumer safety.
“We feel these guides are an important part of cannabis-related laboratory systems. They will represent two of the many standards that provide guidelines for productive and efficient laboratory applications,” according to Cary Black, consultant with Orion GMP and vice chairman of the subcommittee on quality management systems within the cannabis committee.
Black noted that growers, laboratories, and cannabis processing facilities would find these proposed standard most useful.
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ASTM welcomes participation in the development of its standards. Become a member at www.astm.org/JOIN. The next meeting of the cannabis committee is January 27-29 at the Hyatt Regency Houston in Texas (USA).
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W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., August 21, 2018 – Members of the ASTM International cannabis committee (D37) are proposing a standard for managing and implementing what are called “hazard analysis critical control points”(HACCP) systems for cannabis processing.
HACCP systems are already used in the food industry to prevent, control, or reduce to an acceptable level potential hazards to consumers.
“These systems can apply to manufacturing extracted and infused cannabis products, to prevent, control, or reduce to an acceptable level biological, chemical, and physical hazards,” says Radojka Barycki, co-owner of Nova Compliance.
According to Barycki, this guide (WK64674) could be useful to the growing number of manufacturers in the cannabis industry that are unaware of the concept of HACCP systems and want to create and implement a plan to prevent, control, or reduce to an acceptable level hazards within their products. She adds that cannabis regulators may also find the standard useful.
For more information on cannabis, please watch this video.
ASTM welcomes participation in the development of its standards. Become a member at www.astm.org/JOIN. The next meeting of ASTM International committee on cannabis is January 27-29 at the Hyatt Regency Houston, Texas (USA).
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