The owner of a shuttered Tyngsboro-based marijuana testing facility is pushing back against an order demanding his company cease operations, and he says that he will see the commonwealth in court over an alleged lack of due process.
Assured Testing Laboratory CEO and founder Dr. Dimitrios Pelekoudas told the Herald that his testing company has appealed the suspension order issued against his business by the Cannabis Control Commission over allegations they failed to disclose failed marijuana testing results to the state. According to Pelekoudas, contrary to the CCC's allegations his company has maintained the highest standards and complied with every instruction provided by the marijuana regulators — including, he says, the recent order to indefinitely close up shop.
"There is a fundamental principle in this state and in this country that before you lose everything at the hands of the government, you have a right to appear in some forum to defend yourself. Assured Testing Laboratory, a locally run business with 33 employees, did nothing wrong here, posed no threat to the public, and ensured that no contaminated products reached the market," he said.
The issue at hand, according to Pelekoudas, isn't so much with the test results coming out of his lab, but over the commission's inconsistent regulatory framework which leaves the rules of the road open to interpretation.
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