A look at some companies expanding their traditional market to meeting the challenges of a regulated market working on narrowing margins I have added a verse to “Old McDonald Had a Farm.”[1] Old McDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O And on this farm, they grew some hemp, E-I-E-I-O With a CBD here, and a CBG there Here […]
Investors Must be Doing Simple In House Qualitative and Quantitative Testing
By John MacKay By now, it is a foregone conclusion that incorporation of analytical testing technologies is a requirement for cannabis cultivators and product producers alike. Most importantly, qualitative and quantitative testing is required to meet state regulations to ensure that cannabis product producers consistently deliver safe, high-quality consumables. Additionally, mastery of analytical testing technologies […]
Look to the Combination of Extraction Processes for Your Ingredients
By John A. MacKay, Ph.D. There are many ways to extract and separate the compounds that the cannabis plant produces during its life cycle. At Waters Corporation people assumed that Waters instruments focused solely on supercritical fluid (SCF) technology. The manufacturing facilities that were appropriate for SCF were the main customers, however the analytical tools […]
Increased Productivity of Newest Extraction Choices for Cannabis and Hemp Brings More Questions than Answers
Extracting oil from cannabis is growing by leaps and bounds across the world. If you are not purchasing or selling a flower, then the ingredients for the other products have most likely been concentrated from the plant. And, the art of extraction of the botanical active ingredients is eons old. There are three choices for […]
A Significant Event of 2015: The Merging of Classical and Practitioner Scientists
As I look back on the calendar year, one significant tipping point in 2015 was the focus on experimental design in the cannabis market that most didn’t expect to happen so soon or so respectfully. It is the merging of traditionally trained scientist and the incumbent practitioners. My hypothesis has been this: If more open […]
Consider the FDA and CDER in Guiding Your SOP
Three letter acronyms are annoying. Four doesn’t make it any easier. Many people hear The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and it has the same appeal and reaction as human gas in a packed elevator on the long ride to the “Top of the Rock” in New […]
Pesticides Can’t Kill What Bugs Me Most Today
I don’t mean to be a puny pun pest because this is a subject that is serious and certainly demands attention from many different facets of the issue. A product on a shelf that is 95 percent Cannabidiolic Acid (CBDa) raises the concern of what is in the other 5 percent. Most recently, there have […]
Pesticides in Cannabis Exposed by Independent Testing Labs
Recent articles in newspapers, television and the Internet about the detection of pesticides in marijuana is making the “news in the backyards, dinner tables and water coolers chats at work.” Certainly Colorado and Oregon have made the most news recently about pesticides use on marijuana. The first obvious question, “Why would anyone use pesticides inappropriately on […]
“Just the fact, ma’am” – Unintended Consequences and Sergeant Joe Friday
Hypotheses versus opinions. Factual versus anecdotal evidence. Dragnet was a popular radio and then TV drama beginning in the late 1940’s. One of the famous lines that has been attributed to the character Joe Friday when he was trying to get the evidence for a case, is, “Just the facts, ma’am.” Facts are critical to […]
Defining the BEST Extraction. Transition in Testing Technology
I am often asked, “What is the “best” extraction?” I have a suggestion that I presented in the past, and I assume the right to adapt and revise it. Botanical integrity from seed to shelf Efficacy of the process beyond efficiency, economics, effectiveness Safety of people and product Testing for confirmation The foundation for the […]
