Standard Guide for Techniques to Lower Microbial Load of Post-Harvest Inflorescence of Cannabis and Hemp

Importancia y uso:

4.1 This guide is intended to provide a list of techniques for lowering the microbial contamination of post-harvested inflorescence of cannabis and hemp plants.

4.2 This guide is only intended to be used for post-harvested inflorescence of cannabis and hemp plants.

4.3 Other methods may exist that can be used to lower microbial contamination, but only those methods that have both usage data treating post-harvested inflorescence of cannabis and hemp plants and are known techniques that have been implemented in other industries, specifically food, are provided in this guide.

4.4 This guide does not replace good manufacturing practices and is intended only as a reference to techniques for lowering microbial contamination that are appropriate for use on post-harvested inflorescence of cannabis and hemp plants.

4.5 This guide does not preclude the use of any of these techniques as a preventative control or kill step.

4.6 The amount of contamination and the technique used to reduce microbial load may result in degradation of non-microbial constituents of interest. Control of degradation of non-microbial constituents is outside of the scope of this guide. It is the responsibility of the user to evaluate which technique to implement based on the quality attributes of concern to them.

4.7 Utilization of any of the techniques listed in this guide is not intended to be or suggestive of a guarantee of product safety. It is the responsibility of the user of this guide to assess what if any potential product safety considerations result from using any of the listed techniques.

4.8 The user of this guide may define the scenario in which each technique may be implemented and is responsible for performing these in a manner appropriate for the intended use of the post-harvested inflorescence of cannabis and hemp plants.

4.9 The user of this guide may consider the ecological impact of each technique before implementation to satisfy the goals of the United Nations (UN) Sustainability Criteria.

Subcomité:

D37.04

Volúmen:

15.10

Palabras clave:

cannabis; hemp; marijuana; microbial contaminations; radiation; radio frequency; remediation; testing;