BOSTON — Cannabis regulators have ordered one of the state’s independent testing labs to suspend operations, alleging a “pattern of failing to accurately report” marijuana test results and “an intentional effort to conceal those failing results.”
The Cannabis Control Commission said an investigation led by its new Investigations & Enforcement Taskforce determined that Tyngsborough-based Assured Testing Laboratories was not accurately reporting the results of tests for yeast and mold in cannabis to the commission or to Metrc, the seed-to-sale tracking system CCC licensees must use.
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