Updating Cannabis Microbial Testing Regulations with Sherman Hom, PhD

Dr. Sherman Hom is the Director of Regulatory Affairs at Medicinal Genomics where he provides recommendations to regulatory officials that are tasked with drafting or modifying microbial testing regulations for cannabis, hemp, and psychedelic mushrooms to ensure safe products for patients and consumers. Before Medicinal Genomics, he was at the New Jersey Department of Health, where he led teams that started the Cannabis Testing Laboratory, the Cannabis Microbial Testing Unit, and created the “All States Medical Cannabis Program Required Testing Compendium”.

At CannMed 23 Sherman will share the latest update to the “All States Cannabis Microbial Required Testing Compendium” to elucidate the present landscape, and identify a consensus set of required tests to lower public health risk.

During our conversation we discuss
How concerned cannabis consumers should be about microbial contamination
How microbial regulations differ from state to state
How growers in certain jurisdictions struggle to meet microbial regulations
The difference between presence-absence and total count microbial tests
qPCR vs plating
and more

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