California cannabis regulators have issued an emergency recall of 5,000 West Coast “Cure brand “Orange Cookies” flavored vapes after pesticide contamination was revealed. This is the first time the state has recalled marijuana goods due to pesticide contamination.
California recalls 5,000 cannabis vapes
According to a June 25 report in the Los Angeles Times. California marijuana regulators issued a notice Tuesday (25) recalling a marijuana product for the first time due to pesticide contamination.
The product being asked to be removed from shelves is an “Orange Cookies” West Coast Cure vape bomb with a September factory date. The state recall states that the vape contained levels of a compound (the insecticide clofenapir) that exceeded safety limits.
The California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) while not immediately revealed how many of the vapes remain on store shelves. Posted a list online of the 169 locations where the product was sold statewide.
The product’s safety certification came from a lab whose license had been revoked – Verity Analytics – which reported nearly 5,000 vapes in the batch.
The batch of “Orange Cookies” is just one of 12 batches produced by West Coast’s September Cure. It has more than 62,000 different flavors. Last fall, personal lab Infinite Chemical Analysis tested these products and reported pesticide levels above national safety limits to state regulators. However, these products had previously been certified as safe by other labs.
Infinite Chemical In November, Analysis filed an “Orange Cookies” bulk complaint with the state. In addition to clofarabine, the lab found two additional chemicals: polyphenols (a growth hormone that is never allowed) and quinclorac (at four times the California safety standard).
State regulators did not explain why the merchandise containing the additional chemicals was not labeled. There was no immediate response from the state government as to why it is taking seven months to recall products with reported safety problems.
Before Tuesday, regulators had issued only two pesticide-related recalls in response to two complaints about the products.
West Coast California’s fourth-largest marijuana brand, Cure. Its headquarters. Shield Management Group was fined $320,100 this year by California city regulators after an unannounced inspection found that. The business had failed to prevent tampering with its merchandise. Such as storing marijuana merchandise in parking lot containers that were not video-monitored. The business was also unable to provide the state-required video to confirm that the merchandise had not been tampered with before lab testing or distribution.
West Coast Logan Wasser Cure founder (Logan Wasserman). Requests for comment related to the recall were not immediately responded to.
On Tuesday, a public relations firm stated to the New York Times on behalf of the company, saying.
- “Every product we put on the market has been tested by a state-authorized laboratory. Our pursuit of excellence and doing the right thing for our customers and communities is at the core of our values. We remain steadfast in our mission to provide great products that are thoroughly tested. Maintain the trust everyone has placed in us.”
On Monday, Infinite and Anresco filed a lawsuit in federal court 13. The company’s independent labs test marijuana products for the cannabis industry. Alleging that they manipulated test results to gain business and put consumers’ health at risk. The civil lawsuit cited commodity safety certifications provided by some Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) laboratories for commodities later found to be contaminated and for BCC investigative reports cited in the disciplinary report.
Infinite also provided test support for a class action lawsuit filed on June 14 in Orange County Superior Court. Coast Cure, which requires test support for lawsuits to remediate vape flavors suspected of being contaminated with pesticides. Including “Orange Cookies,” which were recalled on Tuesday. merchandise.
