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Industry urges OMMA to pause pesticide-list expansion, citing lab capacity and enforcement gaps
Summary
Lab directors, chemists and industry representatives at an OMMA public comment session urged regulators to delay expanding the pesticide analyte list from 13 to 60 until the state QA lab is functional, instrumentation allowances are updated, and enforcement of existing rules is consistent.
Laboratory directors, analytical chemists and other industry stakeholders told the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority on Dec. 17 that proposed rules expanding the pesticide analyte list risk outpacing the laboratories and enforcement systems meant to protect patients.
"Expanding the pesticide list without first addressing these critical enforcement gaps does not enhance safety," Matthew Phillips, CEO of Oklahoma Compliance Testing Lab, said, urging OMMA to prioritize enforcement of current requirements before adding analytes. Several speakers said more than half of the state's labs are failing to detect pesticides already on the list because of equipment or quality-control…
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