Cannabis & Hemp
Organic, Inorganic, Microbiology, & PT for Cannabis & Hemp Testing
We offer the broadest selection of analytical standards and proficiency
testing for cannabis and hemp so you can ensure accuracy in your
cannabis analysis.
We proudly provide the Industry with quality, accuracy, ease of use, and an extensive offering for all your testing needs! Spex®, NSI, and Chiron offers ISO 17034 Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) for all of the common contaminants such as pesticide residues, residual solvents, and heavy metals, as well as qualitative analysis CRMs. As the industry continues to evolve, we continually update our product offerings to match pace.
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The cannabis industry depends upon accurate potency and cannabinoid analysis to guarantee the claims made by cannabis products. Spex + NSI offer the most comprehensive choices for cannabinoid and potency analysis analysis that are designed to provide accuracy, reliability and ease of use. Whether your laboratory needs THC potency or is investigating unique cannabinoids, we are your source for cannabinoid standards and Proficiency Tests.
Terpenes are the common name for a large group of compounds that contribute to flavor and odor of botanical products. Terpene analysis plays a critical role in the development and QC of cannabis products as it provides a quantitative measure of the product’s flavor and scent profile. Flavonoids are naturally occurring secondary metabolic products that can have important functions within plants and benefit consumers with health and healing properties. Similar to terpenes, flavonoids share a role in how we perceive cannabis.
Solvents are a crucial component of chemical processes including many extraction processes. Many types of extraction for cannabis involve potentially dangerous solvents. The regulatory bodies have created regulations to limit solvent exposure from cannabis products created from extracts. Our product portfolio assists the cannabis laboratory in controlling the residual solvent testing of their cannabis products.
Pesticides from algaecides to virucides are used in large quantities in industrial and private agriculture including cannabis. We facilitate ease of monitoring and testing of pesticides by creating pesticide test mixes to suit your monitoring needs. In addition to pesticides, the threat of mycotoxins must also be measured in cannabis to ensure the safety of products. Mold and fungi are ubiquitous in the world and their size and spore mobility allows it to quickly spread through agricultural products causing significant crop loss or illness. Mold and fungi create secondary metabolites called mycotoxins which are extremely toxic when inhaled or ingested. Our cannabis portfolio contains many different types of mycotoxin standards for cannabis safety.
The cannabis industry depends upon accurate microbiological analysis to guarantee the safety and shelf-life claims made by cannabis product manufacturers. Spex + NSI offer the most comprehensive product selection for cannabis microbiologists. Whether you use culture or molecular test methods, Spex-NSI is the only source for biologically inoculated cannabis matrices. Plant material, edible, and oil matrix selections are available for our QC and proficiency testing products.
Cannabis regulations often require measurements for physical contamination, moisture, and water activity. Spex/NSI’s comprehensive catalog includes many reference materials and Proficiency Tests to reach the cannabis lab’s testing requirements.
Inorganic Standards for Elemental Cannabis Analysis
In the US and other countries regulatory bodies are pushing for the cannabis industry to provide accurate, quantifiable results for heavy metals. Specifically arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, lead, and mercury for cannabis inhalation products and cannabis goods (i.e., edibles, native matrix, and oils). Many regulations have mandated the testing of cannabis for dangerous elemental impurities. Our extensive experience in creating quality trace metal standards, QC standards and PT samples, coupled with our ICP and ICP-MS analyses, our products for inorganics in cannabis make it easy to stay compliant with new and changing regulations.
Blank materials are needed to provide a baseline analysis for all types of products. Blanks by their nature are a type of standard which defines the lower limit or baseline for analysis.