Quote Originally Posted by Avon Barksdale View Post
Quote Originally Posted by vegas1369 View Post
That testing is very expensive though. When I'm selling flower I have to get it tested in increments of every 5 lb. Every one of those tests cost me between $300 to $500. there is a lot of cost involved before I actually get product to Market but I am still able to maintain a very good price per pound that will reflect a $50 eighth at a dispensary. I can't control what they decide to mark it up to it that point though and as of right now they're marking up by 150%.

also my apologies for all the typos, I'm running around like crazy today and can only respond by doing talk-to-text.
As someone working in the AZ industry, I feel like shitty product can still get through even with the NV testing standards.

You say you have to test for every 5 pounds... But do you guys get to select that sample? Or does someone from the state come in.

We voluntarily test our product, but I've seen batches that got hit with aphids or mites late and only hit 5-10% of the crop (we're in a greenhouse), but our samples passed as totally clean . We don't spray anything past week 2 of flower, and even then it's just neem based azhidactrin products. After that it's all ladybugs, lace wings, californicus, and swirskiis.

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Independent state licensed labs come to our facilities and collect up to 12 gram random samples from 5 lb lots of flower.

As far as testing standards go I don't think you can get much better than what we do here without testing an entire lot. Obviously that's not going to happen because then there'd be nothing left to sell. I went to most of the lab committee meetings before the industry was set up and it was extremely well-thought-out and took over a year to really figure out all of the criteria surrounding the testing. They are still learning and still figuring things out as we move on, especially issues surrounding pesticides and fungicides and microbial issues.