Study Shows California Cannabis Wouldn't Pass Oregon's Strict Standards
California growers may want to take a page from their neighbors to the north when it comes to upholding cannabis quality standards.
A new study from Steep Hill Labs suggests that much of California’s cannabis supply wouldn’t meet the stringent testing standards recently introduced by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC).
As of October 1, all cannabis products in Oregon must be tested by labs certified by the Oregon Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ORELAP), a requirement said to position Oregon as the state with the strictest standards in the industry.
Moisture, potency and pesticide levels are just a few of the mandated tests conducted by ORELAP labs on flowers, edibles and extracts from Oregon dispensaries. At least one major ORELAP certified lab has reported “a huge reduction in the use of pesticides” in the samples they’ve received from dispensaries in recent months.
“A year ago, when we first started testing
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