BOSTON (SHNS) – Cannabis regulators have ordered one of the state’s independent testing labs to suspend operations, alleging a “pattern of failing to accurately report” marijuana test results and “an intentional effort to conceal those failing results.”
The Cannabis Control Commission said an investigation led by its new Investigations & Enforcement Taskforce determined that Tyngsborough-based Assured Testing Laboratories was not accurately reporting the results of tests for yeast and mold in cannabis to the commission or to Metrc, the seed-to-sale tracking system CCC licensees must use.
Cannabis samples tested by Assured were 90% less likely to fail because of the presence of yeast and mold than the industry average, the CCC said. Regulators alleged the lab’s operation “undermines the Commission’s ability to ensure compliance, and posed an immediate or serious threat to public health, safety, or welfare.”…