The identification of potentially unsafe levels of microbial contamination in retail and medical marijuana produced in Colorado has prompted a warning for cannabis consumers in the state.
Due to a technical error resulting from a software update, several packages of finished marijuana displayed an incorrect testing status in the inventory tracking system. The technical error was found to have occurred between Oct. 21 and Nov. 14, according to the Colorado Department of Revenue and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
None of the marijuana appears to have originated from the Pueblo area.
‘It is now corrected and all impacted licensees have been notified,” according to a statement from the departments.
The groups say the marijuana was “found to have levels of total yeast and mold above the acceptable limits.”
Consumers who have these affected products in their possession should return them to the store where they were purchased, so they can be destroyed.
Consumers who experience adverse health effects or an illness from consuming the product should see a doctor immediately and report the event to the store from which they purchased the product, the departments advise. All affected marijuana has a label affixed to the container that indicates the license number of the marijuana business that cultivated the marijuana, as well as the harvest number assigned to the marijuana.
The departments urge consumers to check the label of their medical marijuana or retail marijuana for the following license numbers, harvest batch numbers, and other provided product information:
• Product type: Buds/trim
Item Name: Blue Dream
Harvest Number: Blue Dream 10/14/19
Sold From: 402-00390, AJC Industries LLC dba TweedLeaf
Produced by: 403-01850
State records indicate this business is based in Colorado Springs.
• Product type: Buds/trim
Item Name: Blue Dream
Harvest Number: Blue Dream 10/14/19
Sold From: 402-01201 MMJ 95 LLC dba TweedLeaf
Produced by: 403-01850
State records indicate this business is based in Colorado Springs.
• Product type: Buds/trim
Item Name: 9LB Hammer
Harvest Number: N26-9LB Hammer 10/8 T4
Sold From: 402-01064, CG Industry LLC dba Cross Genetics
Produced by: 403-01657
State records indicate this business is based in Colorado Springs.
• Product type: Buds/trim
Item Name: 9LB Hammer
Harvest Number: N26-9LB Hammer 10/8 T4
Sold From: 402-00867, CG Industry LLC dba Cross Genetics
Produced by: 403-01657
State records indicate this business is based in Colorado Springs.
• Product type: Buds/trim
Item Name: Super Lemon Haze
Harvest Number: Super Lemon Haze 10/8/19
Sold From: 402-01066 Troy Enterprises LLC dba Elevations
Produced by: 403-01467
State records indicate this business is based in Colorado Springs.
• Product type: Buds/trim
Item Name: Ghost Cake Killah
Harvest Number: GCK.F8.100719
Sold From: 402R-00600, Smoked Colorado INC dba Mighty Tree
Produced by: 403R-00314
State records indicate this business is based in Denver.
• Product type: Buds/trim
Item Name: Grape Ape
Harvest Number: Grape Ape – 10.17.2019.
Sold From: 402R-00477, Natural Alternatives For Health LLC
Produced by: 403R-01092
State records indicate this business is based in Denver.
• Product type: Buds/trim
Item Name: Snowball
Harvest Number: SB-F2-101619
Sold From: 402R-00138, Colorado Product Services LLC dba Doctors Garden
Produced by: 403R-00373, 403R-00182
State records indicate this business is based in Rifle.
• Product type: Buds/trim
Item Name: Snowball
Harvest Number: SB-F2-101619
Sold From: 402R-00038, Cannabis King LLC dba Green Dragon Colorado
Produced by: 403R-00373, 403R-00182
State records indicate this business is based in Thornton.
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