Maine marijuana growers are increasingly using radiation and other methods to remove contaminants from their products, a process consumers are likely in the dark about. Despite a state policy requiring remediated products to be labeled as such, Maine's Office of Cannabis Policy is not enforcing that rule.
In response to a complaint by a dispensary owner in late February, deputy director of operations Vern Malloch acknowledged, "we are not requiring labeling of remediated or treated product," according to records obtained through a media request.
"We plan to issue guidance on this in the near future," Malloch wrote. Office of Cannabis Policy Director John Hudak also told lawmakers last year that the agency hasn't enforced remediation labeling requirements since at least November 2024.
"The Office began receiving pushback from cannabis cultivators who did not want to label their cannabis if they 'treated' their cannabis with radiation or ozone prior to submitting the cannabis for mandatory testing," Hudak wrote in testimony last year.
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