by
Eric Mortenson
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission issued its first recall of
recreational marijuana after testing of a brand sold at a Mapleton,
Oregon, store showed it contained a level of pesticide residue that
exceeds the state limit.
The OLCC, which oversees retail sales of recreational cannabis, said
samples of Blue Magoo marijuana failed a test for pyrethin levels.
Pyrethins are a mixture of six chemicals that are toxic to insects,
according to the National Pesticide Information Center based at Oregon
State University.
Pyrethins are found in some chrysanthemum flowers, and
in some cases can be used on organic products.
The recall points out some of the complications that accompany the
legalization of recreational cannabis. Growers, like all other
agricultural producers, now face a regulatory structure they may not
have dealt with before.
Pesticide use has been particularly thorny because the federal
government still considers cannabis illegal and has not established
allowable tolerances of pesticides in cannabis. As a result, states that
have legalized marijuana are figuring it out themselves. Oregon tests
cannabis for 59 active ingredients.
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