Cannabis grown and sold by wholesale cultivator RRSA, LLC has been flagged for having potentially unsafe levels of mold and toxic heavy metals, according to a health and safety notice from the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement.
A recall issued by the MED and state Department of Public Health & Environment on Friday, November 7, states that a harvest batch of cannabis flower produced by RRSA, an outdoor grow based in Ordway, failed tests for total mold and yeast and "exceeded acceptable limits" for arsenic, cadmium and lead.
According to the MED, the recalled cannabis flower was sold from September 24 to November 5 at twenty dispensaries in Colorado, most of them adult-use stores located in the Denver area. However, one dispensary was in Colorado Springs, and some of the stores also offered medical sales. (The MED has a provided a full list of all twenty affected retailers.)
The recalled strain was GG4, also known as Gorilla Glue or Gorilla Glue #4 at some dispensaries. According to the recall, RRSA does not operate with a branded business name, but all flower grown by RRSA should have the following growing license number on its packaging: 403R-01182.
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