Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Archives - Cannabis Business Executive

Navigating Your Options to Achieve Clean Cannabis

February 6, 2023
Don Naugler
Post Harvest
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Improving Your Post-Harvest Remediation Strategy is The Best Way to Ensure Product Passes Microbial Testing Dangers of Microbial Growth: Cannabis operations of all sizes risk exposure to biological contaminants, like mold, yeast, aspergillus, E. Coli, Salmonella, and other harmful pathogens.…

Caveat Emptor: Buying and Selling a Cultivation Facility, Part Two

September 5, 2022
Ryan Douglas
Cultivation
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By Ryan Douglas Limited license states present two distinct opportunities for cannabis cultivation entrepreneurs. First, the prospect of launching and operating the cultivation business as an ongoing source of revenue, and second, the chance to sell it to another company.…

Updated Guidebook Makes GMP Easy for Cannabis Cultivators

PRESS RELEASE Las Vegas, NV, February 07, 2022: Mobius — a leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical-grade cannabis trimming and automation equipment — released on Tuesday a landmark guide explaining Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for cannabis processing. The downloadable PDF seeks to…

Why GMP is the Future of Quality Control for the Global Industry

April 1, 2021
Michael Sassano
Compliance and Regulations, Standards and Certification
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Good Manufacturing Practices, or GMP, are a systematic way of ensuring that products — from food to supplements to pharmaceuticals — are produced consistently according to established quality control standards. Essentially, GMP ensures a universal minimum standard of quality to…

Cost of Compliance Tips to Get a Cannabis Business off the Ground

March 8, 2021
Colton Griffin
Compliance and Regulations, News & Insights
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by Colton Griffin There are five important “categories,” that require company leaders’ utmost focus and attention as they launch a compliant cannabis business in a newly legal state. Non-compliant businesses face the risk of being shut down and attract negative…

How to Determine the Best Way to Grow: Part Two

There are three ways to cultivate cannabis commercially: hydroponically, organically, or a hybrid of the two. HydroponicsHydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. Instead, growers provide plants with an oxygenated, nutrient-rich solution delivered directly to their roots. The…

Understanding CapEx and OpEx Requirements for a New Cultivation Business

January 10, 2021
Ryan Douglas
Cultivation
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CapEx costs are the capital expenditures required to launch a cultivation business, while OpEx costs are the day-to-day operational expenses of running that business. These figures are substantial and vary widely between indoor, outdoor, and greenhouse operations. Understanding CapEx and…

Challenges for US Companies Entering the EU

by Michael Sassano It is very clear to most cannabis industry analysts that the United States is the undisputed heavyweight in terms of cannabis, ringing in around $13 billion in annual sales pre-federal legalization. The opportunities are very strong in…

Public Health, Protocol, and Profitability in Cannabis Cultivation”

"The frequency of fungal infections associated with cannabis is unknown but is a growing concern as more states legalize its medicinal and recreational use,” observes a new study from the CDC1. The study’s results indicate a 3.5x increase in the…

Accreditation: Adding Value to Supply Chains

March 5, 2020
Lezli Engelking
Compliance and Regulations, Standards and Certification
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In the first installment, we established the differences between first, second, and third party certification. For this article, we will delve deeper into third party certification by exploring the difference between certification and accreditation. The terms certification and accreditation are often…

The Four Elements of Organizational Processes Part II: Change Management

The beauty of the Cannabis Industry is it is not limited by prior experiences. But an abundance of options to sculpt the Industry’s future combined with the absence of pre-established protocols can force a company into an arduous situation. This…

The Four Elements of Organizational Processes Part I: Strategic Planning

By Greg Jones & Brittany Dion “Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.” ― W. Edwards Deming Cannabis businesses closing down, merging, or being acquired is a common reality in Colorado and Washington since recreational sales were legalized in 2012. In…

Standards for the Cannabis Industry

August 17, 2016
Lezli Engelking
Compliance and Regulations, Science and Technology
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By Lezli Engelking Hearing about the lack of standards in the cannabis industry comes as quite a surprise to most. After all, cannabis is one of the most highly regulated industries in existence today. Complicated terminology and varied definitions, however,…