AOAC INTERNATIONAL Announces Accelerated Program to Evaluate Test Kits that Measure Yeast and Mold in Cannabis

Emergency Response Validation option will streamline certification of scientific test kits.

ROCKVILLE, MD, US, September 29, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ — AOAC INTERNATIONAL today announced the launch of a new project to evaluate and certify the performance of scientific test kits that enumerate total yeast and mold organisms in cannabis flower.

Yeasts and molds can grow in a wide range of environmental conditions, resulting in contamination of products and significant economic loss. In the absence of a federal framework of regulations for cannabis, states have individually developed microbial testing requirements. It is estimated that between 10 and 20 percent of cannabis batches fail these microbial contaminant requirements. Recent surveys of cannabis products found over 4,000 different fungal taxonomic classifications in cannabis flower, including several pathogenic fungal agents.

AOAC is a…