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Good Lab Practices and Tips From The Pros
Tight budgets and time constraints often lead to simple oversights in the lab, impacting the quality of your analyses. Many chromatography challenges can be traced back to human error, poor maintenance, or a lack of proper training. Here are a few tips on good laboratory practices to consider for more accurate testing results: Tip 1: Improve Precision and Accuracy by Using Internal Standards When used
Hazardous Waste 101: A Primer for the Cannabis Industry
What is Hazardous Waste? Hazardous waste is a waste with properties that make it potentially dangerous or harmful to human health or the environment. They can be the by-products of manufacturing processes, discarded used materials, or discarded unused commercial products, such as cleaning fluids (solvents) or pesticides. In regulatory terms, a hazardous waste is a waste that appears on one of the four RCRA (Resource
The Importance of Residual Solvent Testing in Cannabis Products
Residual solvent testing is important in non-medicated food types, but is especially pertinent to the safety of cannabis products. All processed product types must be tested for residual solvents. This test is required for pre-rolled products, concentrates, beverages, infused oils, food products and other similar matrix types. Overall, we must test anything that is not flower material only. This is because the concentrates used to
Pesticide Analysis Identification Criteria: Remember That Thing Called Retention Time?
Setting analyte identification parameters is important and will play a large role in just about everything else especially determination of limit of detection, limit of quantitation and false positive/false negative rates. This seems straightforward because, of course, you must be able to identify your pesticides. Although parameters include retention time matching and mass spectral data, setting the actual criteria for your parameters will allow you
Shedding Light on ATP Testing
Whatever part(s) of the cannabis production and processing industry you are invested in, there is a question that will go a long way towards quality assurance and product safety concerns: “How do we define clean?” Environmental factors in processing facilities can have far reaching effects on the quality of your final product, and even longer lasting effects on your brand image. This is of extreme
QR Coded Class A Laboratory Glassware – An Easy Time Saver For Your Lab!
The Usual: Your laboratory is engaged in work so important that you absolutely must have Class A calibrated volumetric glassware, such as a cylinder or flask, made of the finest materials in an ISO approved factory. This glassware is an investment for you, and you pay attention to information on the printed certificate of calibration included with the product. This certificate is necessary to support
