The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) on Monday issued a recall for 99 medical hashish merchandise, in accordance with an agency notice. The recall coincides with the suspension of Scale Laboratories’ license by the state commissioner of well being for violating OMMA guidelines.
“We’re at first involved concerning the well being, security, and welfare of sufferers who may devour dangerous marijuana merchandise. Let this function a warning to any licensee making an attempt to skirt state legal guidelines. We work diligently behind the scenes to search out and take down the dangerous actors inside this business.” — OMMA Govt Director Adria Berry, in an announcement
Throughout inspections at Scale in April, state brokers discovered quite a few rule violations, together with falsely passing 138 samples for mould and yeast, 9 for aspergillus, 5 for E. coli, and one for salmonella. Different strikes embrace improper procedures and record-keeping for pesticide and heavy steel testing, manipulating data, and deviation from the corporate’s “normal operation procedures,” the alert notes.
“Should you’re partaking in actions that threaten the well being and security of Oklahomans, you received’t get away with it,” Berry stated. “Our inspection groups are working throughout the state to maintain Oklahomans protected by figuring out issues and gathering the mandatory proof to assist shut down dangerous actors that select to interrupt the regulation.”
Final Thursday, OMMA contacted 33 companies concerning the 99 recalled merchandise. OMMA guidelines insist producers then contact dispensaries the place the contaminated merchandise had been offered, who then should contact sufferers who bought the merchandise. OMMA says sufferers ought to contact dispensaries for questions and return recalled merchandise to the purpose of buy.
A list of the recalled merchandise will be discovered on OMMA’s web site.
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