DCC Announces Proposed Changes in Regulations for Standardized Cannabinoid Testing
Press release from the Department of Cannabis Control:
DCC is providing notice to the public of modifications to the proposed regulatory action to adopt regulations to implement and make specific Business and Professions Code section 26100(f)(2) pertaining to the establishment of a standard cannabinoids test method, including standardized operating procedures, that shall be utilized by all licensed testing laboratories in California. These modifications provide changes to the text of regulations previously noticed to the public on June 17, 2022.
Through the proposed regulations, the DCC aims to ensure all licensed laboratories are using the same standardized cannabinoid test method which will ensure consumers receive accurate and consistent information regarding the cannabinoid content of the cannabis and cannabis product they use or consume.
View the notice of modifications to proposed text and modified text of regulations below:
- Notice of modifications to proposed text of regulations – standard cannabinoids test method and standardized operating procedures
- Modified text of regulations – standard cannabinoids test method and standardized operating procedures
How to submit a public comment
The DCC is currently accepting comments on the modifications to the proposed text of regulations. Any interested person, or the interested person’s authorized representative, may submit written comments relevant to the proposed regulatory action to the DCC. Please limit your comments to the modifications to the text.
All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on September 16, 2022. We’ve created a public comment template to make it easy for you submit your feedback. You can submit comments by mail or email.
Send your comment to DCC, and reference the rulemaking topic (“Modifications to Test Method and Standardized Operating Procedures Regulations”):
- By mail: DCC Legal Affairs Division, 2920 Kilgore Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
- By email: [email protected]
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The question I have is what lab(s) is (are) giving out 40%+ THC readings on cannabis flowers. We went from high 20’s to 30’s to now 40% on flower on the same strain we’ve literally been growing for at least 30 years in Humboldt. The easy one to point out is the Durban Poison since it’s been grown in Humboldt for 30-40 years and it’s an original sativa land race strain from Africa. Is Durban Poison getting more potent every year as a local indoor brand now has 40% THC readings on the flower with their recent batch from August 2022. This is one of my favorite cannabis companies in Humboldt County, so I’m not ripping on them, I’m just wondering what Lab they’re using for the readings and since Durban Poison was a strain in the 90’s with a 20%THC type reading how did they number double this year? Is the strain more potent now or are the THC readings inflated? People buy cannabis for a lot of reasons and one of the 1st things they look at is the THC content. If it’s a low reading, below 20%, it’s hard to move the product. If it’s a 30%+ THC reading the flowers sell much faster. HPRC is the 1st dispensary in Humboldt County and they also grow indoor weed on site in Arcata. Their THC levels are consistently in the 20’s. From what they’re saying is they send their flowers to a different lab than the people with 40%. So, what’s the deal? Can you send the same sample to 2 labs and get one THC reading in the 20’s and the other in the 30’s?
“Can you send the same sample to 2 labs and get one THC reading in the 20’s and the other in the 30’s?”
Sure, if you’re not careful while dusting your samples with extra keef and trichomes, you might get one to test higher than the other.
Kief is tricromes
Labs are the weak link. There is a very questionable huge grower w huge permits who has a cousin that runs a testing Lab. Yes of course the testing lab was set up with money provided by the big grower. That testing Lab coincidentally showed this mega-grower’s products to be extra high in THC and completely clean. But some of the mega- grower’s product was subsequently found to have traces of unacceptable pesticide in it! So what did the DCC do? They scolded the director of the lab and gave him a small fine. And he returned to business as usual as soon as they walked out the door. People are living under a false assumption that they are being protected by honest agencies and honest scientific testing. Ha Ha Ha!!! It truly is a farce!
I think it depends on who you pay off.
CT postponed recreational sales until testing is perfected
You mean to tell me, a private company who is in competition with other companies, is massaging the results to please their customers? No! That never happens!
That’s why government regulations are necessary in these sectors. It’s just common sense.
Worked strains can keep their name if customers like the name.
DP is not landrace. South Africa has Mexico light. Landrace sativa is fifteen footers in December. DP is a worked Dutch indoor strain.
What the dope industry likes to sweep under the rug is the many folks that suffer from mental disorders as a result of increasingly powerful and refined cannabis. A good friend of mine had a mental breakdown and almost lost his child as a result . Yet the weed Industry conveniently ignores this glaring problem. They prefer to tout it as medicine or harmless recreational fun , of course as long as they’re getting rich. Proper oversight is long overdue. Roll on federal legalization, they won’t put up with the bullshit and lies that sways the controllers at state level.
This is a big issue that is looming for the burgeoning industry. The plants reputation for safety is based off of millenia of consumption of flower comprised of a decent balance of cannabinoids with THC levels that topped out around 10% and traditional dry sift hashes that maybe reached into the 60% range.
Suddenly, in the span of less than a generation, people are regularly consuming concentrates that are well north of 90% thc and the typical flower being consumed has considerably higher thc content and effectively no other cannabinoids. There’s not a lot of research that I’ve seen on the impacts of this level of potency, but there is increasing anecdotal reports of people appearing to suffer from never before seen side effects from cannabis. Whether this is related to some sort of thc excess or the consumption of some other compound thats being concentrated isn’t something I can say. With the rise in popularity of fresh frozen extracts, freeze drying of concentrates, and the whole culture around excessive dab consumption there’s also the issue of consuming terpenes that have historically volatilized well before they reached the consumer. Add to this, the rise of vape pens that contain oils that use synthetic terpenes as solvents to thin the hash to the appropriate consistency.
I don’t know where this all goes, but it’s something the industry should get ahead of before the dangers become apparent to the wider population. There’s no doubt in my mind that people have been and will be harmed by this type of consumption. And if history tells us anything, it’s that when the regulatory bodies notice this harm there will be no room for nuance and the entire industry will be blamed and punished for this.
Thank you for having the bravery to say this.
Relying on the long history of safe consumption (at previous levels) to justify the levels today (including powerful extracts) is an industry danger that shouldn’t be avoided (but is).
JB
Cell phones are a class 1A carcinogen.
Cigarettes have zero nutritional value.
LoOK at The lack of accountability for death and injury the pharmaceuticalindustry.
Our food supply is filled with toxins.
Think about that for a minute.
Then it might dawn on the critical thinking population that weakening the human immune system has consequences.
Got milk ?
My desire to see the industry I’m a part of take accountability for the risks we pose to our consumers should not be construed as excusing the risks that other industries pose to their consumers.
Time for investigation and lawsuits- that will clean up the testing cabal quickly.