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DHSS recalls 60,000+ marijuana products, citing safety concerns – Medical Marijuana Program Connection
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Missouri dispensaries are “scrambling” to keep up with incoming information from the Division of Cannabis Regulation involving a recall of more than 62,000 marijuana products.
The Department of Health and Senior Services issued a recall of 62,800 marijuana products containing ingredients manufactured by Delta Extraction in Robertsville last week because the facility allegedly was not properly tracking its products through the state’s track and trace system. This was after the DHSS suspended the license holder’s operations on Aug. 2.
Delta Extraction holds a comprehensive infused-products manufacturing license, meaning the facility creates THC distillate, a pure, potent from of THC used in vape pens and edibles.
This investigation follows the state’s suspension of three other marijuana facilities in early August; these facilities have not been named, according to the Missouri Independent.
When products are not properly tracked through the state’s system, Metrc, the DHSS cannot verify that the marijuana was grown in Missouri or passed required testing prior to sale.
Mark Hendren, president of Flora Farms, said he received word around Aug. 10 about the state’s investigation of Delta Extraction, but he knows “very little” about it.
Dispensaries were instructed by DHSS to “quarantine” any Delta Extraction products on their shelves or returned by customers.
What “quarantining” products looks like may vary per dispensary, but Hendren said at Flora Farms’ five dispensaries in the…
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