While the food safety testing industry has evolved over several decades, the testing of regulated hemp and Cannabis products has existed for only a handful of years. Despite being legal in 36 states and four U.S. territories, marijuana is not legal at the federal level, which creates dramatic differences in regulatory requirements.

BIOTECON Diagnostics is pleased to announce that its foodproof Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Screening LyoKit and STEC Identification LyoKit, in combination with its extraction kit, StarPrep Three, have now received AOAC-RI Performance Tested Methods^SM  Certification (Certificate No. 102004).

EnviroLogix Inc. has commercialized TotalTox testing kits, the fastest and easiest to use on-site testing solution for mycotoxins in grain and grain co-products.

As Food Safety Strategies reports on daily, there are a massive amount of food recalls in the industry.

Last month, Sequoia Analytical Lab, Sacramento, was caught faking pesticide test results, and as a result, tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana and other products were recalled.