LCB Work Group to Tackle Pesticide Regulations, Lab Proficiency Standards
The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) has organized the formation of a lab proficiency standards and pesticides focused work group comprised of regulators, industry leaders and cannabis lab specialists.
The group, whose first meeting takes place this Thursday in Olympia, will work to determine lab proficiency standards for Washington’s cannabis testing labs, as well as how to proceed with the regulatory control of pesticide use on legal cannabis crops.
Jeremy Moberg, owner of CannaSol Farms in Okanogan County, said in a phone interview this is likely the first time the LCB has organized a collaborative effort between enforcement agencies, industry representatives and the testing labs themselves. Moberg was invited by the LCB to Thursday’s work group.
“I think it’s great,” he said. “The working group is meant to collaborate varying opinions from parts of the industry.”
The pesticides issue has vexed regulators for some time, and with marijuana product recalls now an alarming reality in both the Washington and ...
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