{"id":38988,"date":"2019-10-17T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2019\/10\/17\/largest-pot-recall-ever-shows-how-legal-cannabis-rules-can-add-safety\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T12:51:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T20:51:33","slug":"largest-pot-recall-ever-shows-how-legal-cannabis-rules-can-add-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2019\/10\/17\/largest-pot-recall-ever-shows-how-legal-cannabis-rules-can-add-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Largest Pot Recall Ever\u2019 Shows How Legal Cannabis Rules Can Add Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

In what appears to be the nation\u2019s biggest pot recall ever, Colorado company Bonsai Cultivation voluntarily moved to take its products off of shelves at 144 retail stores in Colorado. Denver\u2019s Department of Public Health and Environment issued the\u00a0announcement on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During a DDPHE investigation, samples of dried marijuana were checked at labs and found to contain potentially unsafe levels of yeast or mold. DDPHE originally opened the investigation leading to the recall after identifying multiple samples that had failed tests from multiple retail store locations.<\/p>\n

The recall covers the material \u2014 bearing the OPC code 403R-00228 \u2014 that came out of three of Bonsai\u2019s cultivation facilities and eleven manufacturers who came into contact with the product through Oct. 14.<\/p>\n

The owner of one of the stores mentioned in the recall list told Cannabis Now they have sold Bonsai products in the past, but they didn\u2019t have any product from them at the time of recall. Nevertheless, they found themselves listed because they carried the company\u2019s prerolls in the spring.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s because it was any store that had bought from them since April,\u201d the store owner told Cannabis Now, on the condition of anonymity. \u201cBetween that and the outdoor harvest being\u00a0seeded by hemp<\/a>, it\u2019s been an interesting Croptober.\u201d<\/p>\n

We asked the National Cannabis Industry Association if this was the biggest recall of legal cannabis yet in the post-prohibition era. While Media Director Morgan Fox couldn\u2019t confirm it was the largest, he did say the Colorado recall perfectly exemplifies how cannabis legalization can help keep cannabis consumers safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is exactly what a regulatory structure is meant for,\u201d Fox said. \u201cTesters caught it, and the single producer responsible is working with regulators to make sure these products are removed from stores and that consumers are warned about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox said as far he knew, no one has gotten sick from these products, \u201cand hopefully no one will thanks to this effective implementation of regulatory oversight.\u201d (This stands in obvious contrast with the ongoing vaping crisis, where\u00a026 people have been killed and 1299 sickened<\/a>\u00a0from what appear to be unsafe vaporizers bought on the illicit market.)<\/p>\n

Fox believes the industry is putting in a solid effort to avoid these kinds of days.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is hardly a common occurrence either,\u201d Fox said. \u201cOverall, state regulators and licensed cannabis businesses are doing a great job at keeping potentially dangerous products out of the legal market, though federal descheduling and regulation would help them get even better. None of this control or mechanisms to protect public health exist in the illicit market.\u201d<\/p>\n

To help put it in perspective, Fox noted there were nearly\u00a0400 food recalls<\/a>\u00a0in the U.S. last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d say the cannabis industry is doing quite well by comparison,\u201d Fox said, before mentioning that over 206 million eggs from a single supplier\u00a0were recalled for salmonella in 2018<\/a>, 12 million pounds of beef\u00a0from another that same year<\/a>, \u201call under what is generally considered to be the safest food regulatory system in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bonsai Cultivation bills itself as a state-of-the-art wholesaler of high-end cannabis. According to\u00a0the company\u2019s website<\/a>, the management team has over 25 years of experience in the industry.<\/p>\n

In July, Bonsai\u2019s Sales Director Brendan McCormick told\u00a0Westword<\/a>\u00a0he believed that state was undervaluing the price per pound of cannabis after the first batch of outdoor, probably light-dep, started hitting the market. Unfortunately, the flowers he was speaking on at the time would have seemed to have been caught up in this week\u2019s recall.<\/p>\n

While a lot of Colorado recalls only impact a handful of stores, every now and then there is a big one.<\/p>\n

Back in 2015, Denver-based edible manufacturer EpiPure saw 7,700 units of 17 different products recalled. Some of the products\u00a0tested positive for one or more pesticides<\/a>\u00a0banned by the Colorado Department of Agriculture. You can\u2019t legally use things like myclobutanil, avermectin and imidacloprid on marijuana in Colorado, and they definitely can\u2019t be in your finished oil.<\/p>\n

We reached out to Bonsai Cultivation for comment, but had not received a response at press time.<\/p>\n

TELL US,<\/strong>\u00a0do you know if your cannabis is mold-free?<\/p>\n

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