Mass. cannabis lab shuttered for testing allegations reopens

The first cannabis testing laboratory in Massachusetts to be suspended for alleged testing fraud is now the first to attempt to recover its reputation – and its business – following scandal.Tyngsboro-based Assured Testing Laboratories, which reopened Sept.

15 following a settlement with state regulators that avoided litigation but included a fine, tested as much as 25% of the cannabis in the $1.6 billion market before its July 1 suspension.And though it might be some time before the lab can recover that business – or trust with consumers and its former customers – the extra scrutiny imposed by the state Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) as part of the settlement might work in the lab’s favor, interim CEO Tom Moore told MJBizDaily.

ADVERTISEMENT “It’s a strange position to be in, obviously,” Moore said in a recent phone interview.“We were the biggest lab in the state.” Though it’s only been a few weeks, Moore claims the company is “being pretty well received” by former customers, including some who have already resumed testing with Assured.

“We’re here to make it right,” said Moore, who noted that Assured must now meet extra stringent standards in order to stay in business.“I can say with all confidence that if anybody is giving results consistent with what the CCC wants, it’s us.” “The reality is, we will be the standard-bearer.” First lab suspended for alleged misbehavior returns After years of complaints that labs are inflating THC potency and signing off on contaminated cannabis to please customers, state regulators have across the country have cracked down, punishing allegedly unscrupulous operators in the commercial testing laboratory space.

But after suspensions and other punitive actions in Arizona, California, New York and other states, the situation in Massachusetts may be the first instance of a lab attempting to return after alleged misbehavior.And the CC...