Company aims to fill the void of national hemp testing requirements to reassure companies and consumers that products are safe. (June 14, 2021, Santa Cruz, CA) – SC Laboratories, Inc., (SC Labs) today announced that the company has received ISO (International Organization for Standardization) accreditation for a comprehensive hemp/CBD testing panel that combines the regulatory […]
Read moreNew User-Based Permissions in the Client Service Portal
SERVICE NOTIFICATION | In order to give our clients more control over access to our Client Service Portal (CSP), SC Labs has launched a User-based Permission Tool. The tool allows an administrator to add users, provide unique log in credentials, and assign levels of “permissions” in the CSP—offering you better test management and access control for employees and partners. Levels of Access Based on User […]
Read moreThe Emerald Cup 2021 and SC Labs Partner on New Data Driven Approach to Judging
By SC Labs | For the first time, The Emerald Cup, California’s longest-running and most prestigious cannabis competition, is testing and sorting flower entries into categories using terpene data as part of the judging process. This year, SC Labs, who has been the testing partner of the Emerald Cup for 11 years, has tested all of the Cup’s flower entries and created profiles that detail the chemical […]
Read moreOne Cannabis-Focused Analytical Laboratory Weighs in On Contamination in Cannabis Paper Products and the Need for Stronger Reform in Cannabis Testing
By Madeline Colli, Cannabis Science and Technology | In this interview, Josh Wurzer, President of SC Laboratories, delves into the analytical side of the cannabis industry and some of their cannabis paper product study research. As the cannabis industry continues to grow and develop, a major issue remains at the forefront: testing. Although there are regulations, accreditations, and standards for testing laboratories to apply from other […]
Read moreIs your CBD what it says it is? Study finds high-THC weed sold as hemp
By SC Labs, Leafly | Testing failures highlight the need for national regulations on hemp. As federal and state governments tackle the legalization of hemp as a distinct product from cannabis, the safety of the products produced from hemp isn’t getting the same attention as those produced from THC-based cannabis. While every crop requires a cannabinoid test to establish its identity as hemp rather than […]
Read moreHigh anxiety over federal weed loophole
By Mona Zhang, Politico | A seeming loophole in federal law is allowing people to buy products designed to get them high. While many industry observers posit that Delta-8’s rise can be attributed to consumers in states that haven’t legalized marijuana, hemp businesses see a lot of sales even in states that are home to adult-use marijuana markets […]
Read moreChemometrics will change how you buy weed
SC Labs, Leafly. How better testing empowers good cannabis When you look at a cannabis label, you probably notice the THC potency percentage first, and maybe you even choose your purchases based on the most THC for your dollar. But that label can be seriously misleading—in more ways than one. The rush to get the […]
Read moreSC Labs Launches PhytoFacts® to Provide Advanced Chemometrics Reporting That Will Redefine How We Shop for Cannabis
PRESS RELEASE | SC Laboratories, Inc., (SC Labs) has announced that it has licensed Napro Research LLC’s proprietary data visualization tool PhytoFacts. Clients testing cannabis through the lab will now have access to this game-changing reporting format and algorithm that provides a visual profile of each strain’s chemical makeup. The company aims to lead the […]
Read moreOregon Cannabis Testing Summary of Regulations effective January 1, 2021
SERVICE NOTIFICATION | We’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that new rules regarding cannabis testing will be effective on January 1, 2021. Highlights for SC Labs Oregon Clients: • Kief must be tested for THC, CBD, pesticides, and water activity (unless the flower/trim used to make the kief has already been tested for water activity). • CBD will now be included in the Relative […]
Read more7 Warning Signs a CBD Product is Fake
By Jill Schildhouse, Reader’s Digest | An alarming number of CBD products on the market fail laboratory testing for safety and efficacy. Learn how to discern between reputable brands and imposters. It’s the “holy grail” everyone seems to recommend for any ailment from insomnia to arthritis these days: CBD. This molecule, derived from the cannabis plant, helps support the body’s […]
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