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 of over $82,000 and have its license revoked.
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