State regulators voted Thursday to fine a testing lab over $57,000 after it was found to have intentionally passed tainted cannabis products.
The Cannabis Compliance Board voted to approve a $57,500 fine and 180-day license suspension after it found that Cannex Nevada, LLC, a Las Vegas-based testing facility, violated state regulations when it intentionally passed cannabis samples tainted by microbial contaminants and falsely inflated THC levels.
“I don’t want to see anything fail,” Board Chair Adriana Guzmán Fralick said before the vote. “I want to make sure that we protect not just our licensees, but we have to protect the public.”
The disciplinary action was less severe than what was originally suggested by a state hearing officer, who recommended the lab pay a fine over $82,000 and have its license revoked.
The lab, also known as Lettucetest LLC, first faced a complaint from the board in January 2021. That complaint detailed more than a dozen violations found by state inspectors. Prior to the complaint, the lab was suspended twice.
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Cannabis testing lab fined $57,500 after passing tainted cannabis products
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