JULY 202119Caligreen Laboratory leverages state-of-the-art technology to offer a broad spectrum of analytical services based on the DCC regulations. These include analyses for cannabinoid potency, pesticides, residual solvents, terpenes, heavy metals, and microbiology tests for aspergillus, E Coli, and salmonella. Besides, they also offer the service of visiting a facility and performing an environmental study to identify sources of contamination of pesticides and microbial contamination, among others. Caligreen Laboratory is also looking forward to testing Vitamin E Acetate and sex and gender testing for the growers to help them identify the sex of the plant at an early stage of growth. Additionally, they have also assisted with remediation of products for clients who faced varying degrees of contamination to help them remediate the products to ensure that they meet regulatory compliance requirements.From growers cultivating cannabis at their homes to prominent manufacturers, Caligreen Laboratory has a broad clientele. This includes manufacturers of edible concentrates, tinctures, consumer products and growers selling their products to other distributors.To substantiate the excellent analytical services, Sellers mentions a few client success scenarios where they have helped achieve the desired outcomes. They have dealt with several clients with indoor growth facilities, facing issues of residual pesticide contamination. One of the company's services is providing an essential environmental evaluation to help them identify the specific source of their contamination. A Caligreen employee will visit the facility and collect surface wipes throughout the site to determine the true source of contamination to help guide them with their effort to remediate. In other instances, they have worked with preroll producers who are faced with several challenges with the final product composed of different components besides the cannabis. Often the provided products fail due to heavy metal or pesticide contamination.Further investigation and testing of the individual components identified the paper or wrap as the source of contamination. This enabled the client to develop an approved remediation plan using pre-tested clean starting materials to recover the product. Besides, Caligreen has also initiated collaboration with a preroll wrap vendor to help them in the remediation of products contaminated with pesticides.While multiple companies strive to be on the top of the game, Caligreen Laboratory's collaborations and communications with clients give them the competitive edge. Since the beginning, the company has always sought to partner with their clients, not a `black box' where simply the products go in, and results go out from. For instance, prerolls are a combination of components, and contamination often comes from any one of those. It can be on the flower or any other component used. In such cases, Caligreen tries to understand whether the grower used something unsuitable or if the contamination came from the environment. Concentrate manufacturers are often unsuccessful in removing organic solvents in their final product. There are multiple variables to account for in such cases depending on what the client is producing and when things go wrong. Caligreen strives to help clients produce safe and compliant products. When they have to deliver a negative update to the clients, like a failed COA test, Caligreen tries to maintain a close relationship with them to help them proceed while preventing any further failures and providing clean, safe, and effective products. Caligreen Laboratory has witnessed surprisingly rapid growth in the last couple of years, hitting their new sampling heights in thousands. Treading into the future, they aim to grow their lab further and expand geographically and offer fast and reliable test results. "Our goal is to facilitate the lab and every worker, where the staff can be trained to excel in their career as well as become real assets to the lab, driving our company to become one of the most trustworthy in this space," adds Samantha Lui, Laboratory Director of Caligreen Laboratory. They are also prospective about expanding their offerings, including the addition of new analytes to their potency or terpenoid panels, launching new methods for testing additional contaminants like Vitamin E acetate, to mention a few. Besides, the company is keen on providing greater terpenoid offerings. Beyond the offerings, Caligreen Laboratory is trying to move into a new LIMS system to improve its internal data tracking and management, in addition to launching a revision of our cannabinoid method that will minimize internal variability and maximize throughput. At Caligreen, we endeavor to provide accurate and reliable testing results on time and also work with our clients to assist them in delivering safe products to the marketplace
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