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September 25, 2024ASTM, CAPA, Edibles & Processing, GMP, Quality, regulatory

Don’t Reinvent The Wheel: A Tour of ASTM Standards for Cannabis and Hemp – Part 2

In our previous article, we delved into the foundational ASTM International standards that are shaping the cannabis and hemp industries. We explored […]

June 28, 2024ASTM, D37, HACCP, Quality, regulatory, standards

Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: A Tour of ASTM Standards for Cannabis – Part 1

In the realm of consumer safety, minimum standards form a critical safety net that allows businesses and regulators alike with necessary guidelines. […]

October 14, 2023analysis, analytics, bag, box, boxes, business, cannabis, carbon, compliance, consumer, container, cost, cultivation, Dispensaries & Retail, dispensary, Edibles & Processing, environmental, extraction, footprint, government, growing, industry, jar, law, legal, legalization, legalize, legislation, marijuana, market, Operations, package, packaging, plastic, product, Quality, regulations, shipping, Sustainability

Sustainability in Cannabis Packaging: Balancing Preservation and Environmental Impact

Even a cursory review of cannabis reveals that the market has been notoriously wasteful, polluting the environment with chemical fertilizers, misused pesticides, […]

October 4, 2023420CPA, analysis, analytics, business, california, cannabis, cbd, compliance, consumer, cultivation, dispensary, extraction, government, growing, industry, Joe Moody, law, legal, legalization, legalize, legislation, license, marijuana, market, medical, medicine, product, Quality, recreational, regulation, regulations, regulatory, retail, safety, Sid Miller, state, Texan, Texas, thc, TX

Cannabis in Texas: A Look Ahead to Legalization and Beyond

A Uniquely Texas Approach to Cannabis The last few decades have seen the United States move forward state-by-state with the legalization of […]

October 4, 2023analysis, analytics, business, Business Analysis, cannabis, comp, compensation, compliance, CQC, CQCExpo, crop, cultivation, dispensary, employment, Federal, FICA, FUTA, general, government, growing, industry, insurance, insure, law, legal, legalization, legalize, liability, license, marijuana, market, medical, Nick Murer, offboarding, onboading, Operations, practices, Quality, recreational, regulation, regulations, regulatory, retail, state, SUTA, taxes, training, unemployment, WECO, workers

Employee Management & Human Resources: An Often-Overlooked Part of Building a Business

Well before cannabis businesses win a license application, they need to have traditional business plans outlining how they’ll run the company. While […]

September 27, 2023analysis, analytics, business, cannabis, cbd, compliance, cultivation, extraction, farm bill, Federal, government, growing, hemp, industry, law, legal, legalization, legalize, legislation, license, marijuana, market, medical, medicine, product, Quality, regulation, regulations, regulatory, retail, state, test, Texas, Texas Compassionate Use Act, thc, TX

Texas Takes Advantage of the 2018 Farm Bill

When Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 339, also known as the Texas Compassionate Use Act, into law in 2015, many […]

September 26, 2023analysis, analytics, business, cannabis, compliance, Federal, government, growing, industry, lab, laboratories, Laboratories & Analytics, laboratory, labs, marijuana, market, medical, Pesticide, product, Quality, recreational, regulation, regulations, regulatory, retail, safety, test, Testing, thc

Cannabis Lab Testing Problems Continue Nationwide

In Maine, a laboratory released a study they conducted, finding a 17% failure rate of dangerous pesticides in cannabis samples tested. The […]

September 12, 2023analysis, analytics, business, cannabis, cbd, compliance, consumer, cultivation, Epidiolex, europe, European, extraction, Federal, government, growing, industry, international, lab, laboratories, laboratory, labs, law, legal, legalization, legalize, legislation, license, marijuana, market, medical, medicine, product, Quality, regulation, regulations, regulatory, retail, safety, state, test, Testing, UK, union, United Kingdom, United States

The CBD Regulatory Environment in Europe: Part 4

This is the final piece of a four-part series discussing European cannabis regulations. Click here for Part One, here for Part Two and here […]

September 6, 2023analysis, analytics, business, cannabis, cbd, compliance, consumer, CQC, CQCExpo, cultivation, David Vaillencourt, dispensary, extraction, Federal, government, growing, industry, international, lab, laboratories, laboratory, law, legal, legalization, legalize, legislation, license, marijuana, market, medical, medicine, product, Quality, recreational, regulation, regulations, regulatory, retail, safety, sale, seed, Soapbox, state, test, Testing, thc, The GMP Collective, to, workshop

Congress Wants YOU To Make Safe Products.

Recently, Congress requested detailed information regarding the regulation of CBD and other cannabinoids. This comes on the heels of frustration around federal […]

September 6, 2023analysis, business, cannabis, cbd, compliance, consumer, cultivation, Epidiolex, EU, European, extraction, farm bill, FDA, Federal, FSA, government, growing, GW Pharma, industry, international, laboratories, laboratory, law, legal, legalization, legalize, legislation, license, marijuana, market, medical, medicine, product, Quality, regulation, regulations, regulatory, retail, safety, state, test, Testing, thc, UK, union, United Kingdom

The CBD Regulatory Environment in Europe: Part 3

This is Part Three of a four-part series discussing European cannabis regulations. Click here for Part One and here for Part Two. Part […]