Cannabis dispensaries and warehouses across Missouri are holding on to more than 62,000 products in special vaults. The state suspects that they were infused with a questionable THC concentrate, or distillate, purchased from a Robertsville-based licensed cannabis manufacturer called Delta Extraction.
Delta Extraction is fighting to get the August 14 recall overturned — and one of the company’s main arguments is that the products were tested by state-licensed labs and don’t pose a health risk that would require a full recall. Delta’s general manager, Jack Maritz, told the Administrative Hearing Commission on August 14 that the distillate has been distributed throughout the entire state of Missouri for more than a year.
“We’ve had it spread out to a whole bunch of manufacturers throughout the state that have all made products… and all gotten those mandatory tested,” Martiz said. “We’ve never heard of a failed test or someone getting sick or anything like that.”
But in the midst of making that argument, Delta revealed it had been importing out-of-state concentrated THC oil made from industrial hemp — which is completely unregulated — and mixing it with a small amount of cannabis concentrate in order to create the product then sold as pure cannabis.
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