Laboratory Accreditation

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This article explains four key areas growers should focus on to mitigate the need for excessive remediation.

Let’s Talk About It: Cannabis Remediation

A panel of individuals from standards-setting organizations and accreditation bodies reviewed the role they each play within the cannabis sector and offered insights into the future of the industry to close out the analytical science track at Cannabis Science Conference Fall on Friday, September 22nd. 

Cannabis Science Conference Fall: Closing Panel Discussion Highlights Standards and Accreditation

As the industry continues to scale, more cannabis plants are being cultivated and processed than ever before to meet corresponding product demand, which in turn highlights the paramount role that GxP plays in ensuring the quality, safety, and efficacy of cannabis products.

The Crucial Role of GxP in the Cannabis Industry: Ensuring Quality, Safety, and Efficacy

Cannabis testing laboratories play an important role in ensuring consumer safety and quality throughout the industry. These laboratories face many challenges—from the variety of samples in the industry to changing regulations and testing requirements and everything in between. In this interview, Sarah Ahrens, Founder and CEO of True Labs for Cannabis LLC, explains her philosophy and approach behind building her cannabis analytical testing laboratory in New Jersey. She also covers current developments in the cannabis testing industry and what needs to be done to ensure it has a transparent and productive future that benefits producers and consumers alike.

A Focus on Safety, Integrity, and Innovation: One Cannabis Laboratory Strives to Exceed Standard Testing Practices and Client Relations

In this article, regulatory requirements are explored as they are meant to create confidence that cannabis and cannabis-infused products are safe to use.

Improving Quality in Cannabis Testing Laboratories: Making ISO/IEC 17025 Work for Your Laboratory and Customers

Keystone Labs is an accredited testing facility with a good manufacturing practice (GMP) establishment license. Jodi McDonald, president and founder of Keystone Labs, based in Edmonton Alberta, Canada discusses their role in the industry.

Quality Matters: A Chat with Keystone Labs President, Jodi McDonald

Highlights of the challenges facing the cannabis extracts industry and discussion about the need for standardized methods and the role of laboratory accreditation.

Cannabis Extracts: The Need for Standardization and Accreditation in Emerging Industries

This tutorial article outlines some of the steps that cannabis testing laboratories can take to prepare ahead of a third-party safety audit.

Five Steps to Prepare Cannabis Testing Laboratories for ISO 17025 Audits

A review of the expert strategies and resources to streamline the laboratory accreditation process.

Is Your Cannabis Testing Laboratory Ready for ISO/IEC 17025:2017?

Patricia Atkins is a Senior Applications Scientist with SPEX CertiPrep and a member of both the AOAC and ASTM committees for cannabis.

In this guide, we look at the most common sources of contamination and error in an analytical process.

Holding Data to a Higher  Standard, Part II: When Every  Peak Counts-A Practical Guide to Reducing Contamination and Eliminating Error in the Analytical Laboratory