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Testing Labs Warn Against Larger Batch Sizes and Reduced Testing in H.167
Summary
A consortium of Massachusetts testing labs urged lawmakers to reject H.167 provisions that would increase allowable batch sizes and create reduced‑testing exemptions, saying those changes would weaken safety checks, risk larger recalls and disproportionately harm small operators.
Leaders of the Massachusetts Cannabis Laboratory Consortium told the committee that H.167 would undercut public safety by increasing batch sizes and permitting reduced testing exemptions for some producers. Jonathan Ferguson, CEO of Green Valley Analytics and representing licensed labs, said the current 15‑pound lot‑size standard should remain because cannabis flower is chemically heterogeneous…
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