#6 The Importance of Cannabis Testing By: Alec Anderson скачать в хорошем качестве

#6 The Importance of Cannabis Testing By: Alec Anderson

For all medicinal products, laboratory testing has been at the core of validating product quality and safety. In emerging markets, especially those centered around innovating and exciting new methods for treatment, many challenges arise which range from production and efficiency issues to adulteration. The cannabis market, which currently resides in a legal limbo in most areas, is unique in its challenges. A majority of the industry knowledge is currently based in entities and individuals that operated illicitly previously and are now attempting to comply with the convoluted and varying regulations that are being placed around the globe. With an industry that was once operating with zero quality controls, the adjustment to a highly regulated and controlled environment can prove to be difficult. Regulations and testing requirements may at first seem to be bureaucratic red tape that only adds to the overhead of an operation, but upon closer examination, numerous benefits can be extrapolated from laboratory testing that can dramatically increase a product’s value. In this presentation, we will examine the three core groups of testing benefits which are Regulatory/Safety, Process Control, and Marketing. Regulatory/Safety benefits ensure the quality of your product is above board and of value to your customers. Process control benefits help you diagnose problems with production and dial in your procedures to yield a lean, efficient, and robust process. Marketing benefits help sell your product and gain an edge on the highly competitive cannabis market. Laboratory testing is a quintessential part of any medicinal manufacturer, and these benefits are of value to any company participating in cannabis industry, although this information may also be applicable to other markets and industries.An introduction to formulating with CBD will present the basics of what is being done with CBD currently in the marketplace. We will discuss what CBD from hemp is, how it is being consumed today, and what is working versus what to avoid. ​​​​​​​Alec Anderson:​​​​​​​  Alec was born and raised in South Jordan, Utah. He found a deep passion for science from an early age, which he pursued throughout high school. After graduating, Alec applied and was offered a job at a local blood processing lab as an entry level specimen processer. From that point on, he was addicted to laboratory work. He would move to a large national diagnostics lab, ARUP working in Chemistry as well as Anatomic Pathology/Histology. Alec made a major leap from his original planned career path in the medical laboratory, to a medical device laboratory, CR Bard. The switch not only included a complete paradigm shift from Patients to Production Lots, but also from Biology to Chemistry. At CR Bard, Alec would lead the endotoxin/LAL testing laboratory, as well as directing the course of ICP-OES analysis of 16 elements. After CR Bard was purchased by the international giant, BD, Alec decided to move forward with his career elsewhere. In 2018 Alec moved to Carterra, a Salt Lake City based start up specializing in protein analysis, where he would lead the quality control laboratory along with the production laboratory. In 2019 Alec joined APRC where he oversees the cannabis program, in both industrial hemp as well as medical cannabis. Alec has developed multiple assays relating specifically to cannabis (cannabinoids, terpenes, etc.) as well as some special projects relating to other plant species (Boswellic acids, caffeine, lupeol, etc.). In early 2020 Alec spearheaded the medical cannabis initiative with the state of Utah. After preparingand filing a lengthy application, APRC became the first and only (as of September 2020) licensed, third-party medical cannabis testing laboratory in the state of Utah. - If you enjoyed the webinar, would you please consider leaving a short comment below and subscribe to our station? It takes less than a minute, and it really will help us grow. We also love reading the reviews! Interested in being on the show? Visit researcharomatica.com/contact and fill out the form. - If you have a minute and can follow, review, or subscribe to any of our stations it helps us continue to provide and grow our content without subscription costs and advertisements. Just showing your support keeps this going. Thank you! Follow Research Aromatica on: Website: https://www.researcharomatica.com/ Instagram:   / researcharo.  . Facebook:   / aromaticplantrc   If you have a minute and can follow, review, or subscribe to any of our stations it helps us continue to provide and grow our content without subscription costs and advertisements. Just showing your support keeps this going. Thank you! - Made Possible By: This podcast is made possible by APRC, Aromatic Plant Research Center. APRC was created to provide access to uncompromising research, analysis, and testing services for essential oil communities.