An administrative law judge has sided with the state in a longstanding legal battle between the Cannabis Regulatory Agency and one of Michigan's largest marijuana testing facilities, Viridis.
In a proposal for decision issued last month, the judge found the state's actions, which triggered a massive marijuana recall in 2021, were warranted and lawful and not unnecessarily disruptive to facility operations.
"The tribunal concludes that petitioners have failed to establish that CRA's investigation and inspections in this case were unwarranted, needless, or otherwise unlawful," Administrative Law Judge Stephen Goldstein wrote in his Feb. 20 proposal, obtained by The Detroit News through a public records request. "Therefore, petitioners have failed to establish that CRA's actions were unnecessarily disruptive to its facility operations."
Goldstein found Viridis had failed to comply with standard operating procedure regarding cannabis potency testing and testing for foreign matter in marijuana and suggested "a reasonable sanction in proportion to the nature of the violations."
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