The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission approved new testing guidelines at its most recent public meeting. Since June 2021, the Commission has been following Maryland's testing standards.
The NJ-CRC said it developed its own testing guidelines which will now include smaller batch or lot sizes, additional specificity for various cannabis product categories, and expanded cannabinoid testing.
Under the new guidelines, the test maximum batch size for usable cannabis has decreased from 100 pounds to 33.07 pounds. The Guidance now specifies maximum lot size for testing cannabis concentrates, vaporized formulations, ingestible, transmucosal and dermal cannabis-infused products, which matches sample sizes more precisely to product type.
In addition, the Guidance adopts basic safety testing protocols for unusable cannabis meant for manufacturing – this includes tests for foreign matter, pesticides, microbes, mycotoxins and heavy metals.
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