Nature's Cure of Denver recalls pot products containing pesticides

A second marijuana business in Denver in just over a week has voluntarily recalled its products because they contain a pesticide not allowed for use on cannabis.

Denver health officials announced the recall by Nature’s Cure, which also is known as Colfax Pot Shop, Wednesday after tests found high levels of a pesticide that cannot be legally used to grow the crop.

The recall extends to all of the company’s plant material as well as its concentrates purchased before Oct. 6, according to the Denver Department of Environmental Health.

The business has one retail location at 1500 E. Colfax Ave.

The pesticide spiromefesin was detected during follow-up tests at Colfax Pot Shop after inspectors found pesticides in cannabis the shop had grown and sent to a facility for processing into various marijuana-infused products.

That facility, Mahatma, has also been the source of its own recall over pesticide concerns.

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