AOAC CASP Meeting - MYM 2020

Background on Analyte

Agricultural Improvement Act 2018 (aka the 2018 Farm Bill) “…any cannabis plant, or derivative thereof, …, that contains not more than 0.3 percent delta ‐ 9 tetrahydrocannabinol ("THC”) on a dry ‐ weight basis . USDA: A standard THC test for hemp ‘as challenging as you think it is’ William Richmond, head of the Specialty Crops Program in the USDA’s AMS, told a group of dietary supplement and CBD business owners in August 2019 that federal agriculture authorities were grappling with various issues in crafting a nationwide THC testing standard protocol the Farm Bill‘s requirements.

There is observed variability in %TCH results among labs.

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Background on Analyte • Two current AOAC OMAs for quantitation of cannabinoids in cannabis • Scope & applicability: plant material (inflorescence), concentrates and oils • Current SMPR for cannabinoids determination in hemp plant materials • High ‐ THC industry: no requirement for results on a dry weight basis, may report on an as ‐ is basis • Hemp industry & regulators seeing wide variation in %THC values among labs • Terpenes.. • Hypothesized that precision in total THC reporting may be influenced by moisture determination method • Stakeholders need standard validated method

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