Regulatory Compliance and Quality Control Testing Solutions in Cannabis & Hemp

Heavy Metals can be absorbed into the cannabis plant and, even if at trace levels, they can still be harmful to end consumers. As such, it’s important to measure the toxic or nutritional elemental content of the cannabis sample. To help ensure accuracy and compliance, our Titan MPS and NexION ICP-MS include detailed state and matrix-specific methods that allows heavy metals such as Mercury, Lead, Arsenic, and Cadmium, and nutritional elements such as copper, zinc, and iron to be quantified in a cannabis lab.

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Terpenes are a class of compounds found in the oils of all plants and botanicals and are responsible for their unique flavors and aromas. Terpene profiles are diverse and can vary significantly depending on factors such as temperature, growth medium, nutrients and sunlight. This complexity makes accurate and reliable methods for testing and analysis important for consumers, healthcare professionals, and growers to ensure the quality and consistency of the cannabis is documented and labelled accurately.

The extraction process of cannabinoids and terpenes from the plant material involves the use of solvents. Solvents are used to extract the cannabinoids and terpenes from the plant material. The procedure can also create impure byproducts, which may not be completely removed from the final product. These residual solvents can be toxic. The determination and understanding of terpenes and residual solvents concentrations are critical phases of cannabis testing for both health safety and product quality. The PerkinElmer HS-GC/MS solution for the determination of terpenes is fast and robust providing the laboratory with greater sample throughput, instrument uptime, and enhanced profits.

Our GC/MS-HS solution for Residual Solvents is fast and capable of quantifying residual solvents in all cannabis matrices. Combined with essentially maintenance-free operation, a PerkinElmer’s GC/MS-HS method will enhance productivity and strengthen your cannabis lab’s business operations.

Potency testing allows the quantitation of THC and CBD and other major cannabinoids, which is essential for quality products and precise labelling of cannabis products.

When it comes to measuring cannabis potency, HPLC is considered to be gold standard. Our HPLC- photodiode array method has been rewarded with the Potency in Solution award from The Emerald Test, a well-regarded inter-laboratory comparison and proficiency test program for cannabis and hemp testing facilities.

If you’re looking for shorter sample preparation and user-friendly solution Fourier Transform Near-Infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy is the technique of choice. NIR instruments use infrared light to analyze materials by measuring the proportion of light that is reflected by the sample. Higher concentrations of compounds absorb more infrared light and therefore reflect less to the NIR instrument. In FT-NIR spectroscopy, sample analysis time is reduced using an infrared beam that contains many frequencies of light (polychromatic) at once. This enables all wavelengths to be measured simultaneously.

Our products and solutions are intended to be used for analytical testing of cannabis in laboratories where such use is permitted under state and/or country law. We do not support or promote the use of its products or solutions in connection with illegal use. Further, we are not condoning the use of recreational or medical marijuana.