CannLabs closes Colorado testing facility, lays off workers

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Colorado marijuana testing facility CannLabs closed its Denver laboratory on Tuesday and laid off as many as 15 employees.

The shutdown of one of the largest labs in Colorado, and one considered an industry leader, comes after months of controversy involving the company’s leadership.

“It’s positive for us,” CannLabs Inc. CEO Mark Mirken told The Denver Post on Tuesday, “There were a significant amount of issues surrounding our involvement with CannLabs Colorado, items that were made public by certain people within that company that were factually incorrect and clearly became an impediment to our ability to work with them under the administrative services agreement.”

CannLabs Inc. on Tuesday filed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documents reporting it had terminated its administrative services agreement and technology license agreement with CannLabs Colorado, which holds a state lab license.

CannLabs Inc. owns the lab’s intellectual property, laboratory licenses in Connecticut and Nevada, a...

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