When a medical cannabis grower failed a test for harmful microbials, the only options they had were to create a distillate of the product, which drastically diminishes its value, or trash it entirely.
But a new company launched in Oklahoma hopes to save those cannabis harvests by exposing the flower to a radio frequency (RF) treatment. Pure Buds USA introduced the process in Oklahoma, a process that's already widely used in the food manufacturing industry and in cannabis industries in other states.
"If you've ever eaten a Ritz cracker or Goldfish, it's gone through a radio frequency machine like ours," said Greg Huntsman with Pure Buds USA.
The machine creates an electromagnetic field around the cannabis, and reverses the polarity many times per second to create heat. Huntsman said the heat is precisely controlled to kill the microbial exoskeleton.
The treatment can reduce the presence of mold, yeast, pathogens, viruses and other biological contaminants.
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