{"id":1945,"date":"2021-09-17T15:56:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T15:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/3-tips-for-partnering-with-a-hemp-inspection-lab\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T15:56:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T15:56:33","slug":"3-tips-for-partnering-with-a-hemp-inspection-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/3-tips-for-partnering-with-a-hemp-inspection-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips for Partnering With a Hemp Inspection Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\t\t<!-- END .ss-inline-share-wrapper --><\/p>\n<p>After spending their early careers in a third-generation, family-owned testing laboratory for commodity grains, Kia Adams-Mikesh and Mark Adams, along with their father and grandfather, Mike and Steve Adams, turned their attention toward hemp. <\/p>\n<p>They realized there was a need for unbiased third-party testing laboratories and decided to bring their expertise to the budding hemp industry.<\/p>\n<p>The brother-sister team launched Adams Independent Testing (AIT) in 2019 with a focus on providing Certificates of Analysis (COAs) to buyers and sellers of hemp, testing for potency, pesticides, heavy metals, mycotoxins, terpenes, microbials, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Especially in the hemp industry, quick turnaround times and attention to customer service are essential. <\/p>\n<p>Existing wait times for results were often between one and four weeks \u2014 unacceptable for formulators, processors, and farmers who cannot afford to let biomass languish in a barn or warehouse, waiting for their COA.<\/p>\n<p>When preparing for your hemp inspection, here are three things to look for:<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-understand-your-state-s-regulations\"><strong>Understand your state\u2019s regulations.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/cannatechtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cannabis-inspection.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cannatechtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cannabis-inspection.jpeg 275w, https:\/\/cannatechtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cannabis-inspection-272x182.jpeg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Buyers and sellers of any commodity often choose to pursue certificates to prove their product is free from contaminants such as pesticides, heavy metals or mold. <\/p>\n<p>The USDA has laid the foundation for hemp regulation, such as making sure the THC level is below 0.3%. <\/p>\n<p>Still, variances are common when it comes to state regulations. Some states only have regulations for finished products, while others only regulate smokable hemp. <\/p>\n<p>Other states have no regulations at all. <\/p>\n<p>In such a new industry, the rules are always changing. Choosing to test for as many contaminants as possible helps ensure the highest quality product from start to finish.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sample your product correctly.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While there are standard regulations for grain sampling, hemp sampling best practices lag behind. <\/p>\n<p>One common example has to do with biomass stored in large plastic totes. <\/p>\n<p>Many people will simply scoop biomass from the top of one tote, which does not give a representative sample. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, use a probe or other sampling apparatus to get all the way to the bottom of the tote, then the middle, and finally the top. <\/p>\n<p>The other key is to sample from multiple totes, which might represent different fields or strains. <\/p>\n<p>This \u201cbottom, middle, top\u201d method works for extracts, too.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Know how to read your COA.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"159\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cannatechtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cannabis-white-glove.jpeg 318w, https:\/\/cannatechtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cannabis-white-glove-300x150.jpeg 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" src=\"https:\/\/cannatechtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cannabis-white-glove.jpeg\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/cannatechtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cannabis-white-glove.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cannatechtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cannabis-white-glove.jpeg 318w, https:\/\/cannatechtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cannabis-white-glove-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s one thing to receive a COA and another thing to decipher it. There\u2019s no governing standard for consistency among testing results, and different labs handle and represent data differently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hemp buyers and sellers must look at the \u201climits of quantification,\u201d which refers to how closely laboratories test for particular analytes, such as THC. <\/p>\n<p>One lab may set 0.01% as the limit of quantification, while another may use 1% for the same analyte. <\/p>\n<p>The second lab wouldn\u2019t detect a reading for anything under 1%, even if the THC measured above the USDA\u2019s limit of 0.3%. <\/p>\n<p>The test isn\u2019t technically fraudulent, but it\u2019s a red flag. <\/p>\n<p>Cannabis labs, for example, likely don\u2019t usually set limits of quantification as low as 0.3%. <\/p>\n<p>In this type of situation, partnering with an unbiased third-party lab offers an important advantage. \u03d6<\/p>\n<p><em>Learn more at <\/em><em>https:\/\/hempinspection.com<\/em><em> or follow on Instagram at @hempinspection.<\/em><\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[#wpdevar_comment_1 span,#wpdevar_comment_1 iframe{width:100% !important;} #wpdevar_comment_1 iframe{max-height: 100% !important;}]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\">(function(d, s, id) {\n          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n          if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n          js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n          js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=832450016929003&version=v10.0\";\n          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cannatechtoday.com\/3-things-to-know-when-partnering-with-a-hemp-inspection-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After spending their early careers in a third-generation, family-owned testing laboratory for commodity grains, Kia Adams-Mikesh and Mark Adams, along with their father and grandfather, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}