AOAC SPSFAM Meeting Book 9-24

b. Working Group Launch: Cannabis in Food Products

Audino returned to the floor. She explained that her last presentation was to approve the work done since the last SPSFAM meeting, and this presentation will launch new topics in the Cannabis working group with new objectives to be completed before the next SPSFAM meeting. With that she provided the stakeholders with a presentation 5 to move the SPSFAM Working Group on Cannabis Potency into new initiatives, including detection of cannabinoids in foods and detection of pesticide residues in cannabis. She explained that the SPSFAM Advisory Panel for Cannabis made this decision at their meeting in December 2016. She then reviewed the background of cannabis in food products, the significance and implications, and proposed the following fitness for purpose statement: Standard Methods Performance Requirements (SMPRs) for quantitative methods to identify and quantify select cannabinoids in select food matrices. She then reviewed the background of the pesticides issue and proposed a second fitness for purpose, which would lead into the development of a separate SMPR for pesticide detection: Standard Methods Performance Requirements (SMPRs) for quantitative methods to identify and quantify various pesticide residues in dried cannabis materials.

Audino then asked for a motion to approve the fitness for purpose statements and formally re- launch the SPSFAM Cannabis Working Group.

MOTION to accept the proposed fitness for purpose statements for cannabis in foods in cannabis products. (Clifford / Mindak) 19 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention (Nestlé). The motion carried. MOTION to accept the proposed fitness for purpose statement for pesticides in cannabis products. (Cook / Donelson) 19 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention (Nestlé). The motion carried.

5. Future Working Group

a. Veterinary Drug Residues

Delatour provided the panel background for a future SPSFAM working group that is scheduled to launch in September, 2017. Delatour reviewed a presentation 6 explaining the background, methodologies, analytes, and current technologies. He summarized the presentation with the following points:

• Uncontrolled occurrence of veterinary drugs in food is a health concern, particularly with regard to antimicrobial resistance.

• Multiresidue analysis is needed for an effective control. • Mass spectrometry is needed for full compliance testing.

5 Attachment 5 – Cannabis Working Group Re-Launch Presentation 6 Attachment 6 – Veterinary Drug Residues Presentation (Delatour)