The Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Commission has initiated a series of hearings about how to best conduct independent third-party analyses of cannabis products. What can be done by the state lab or private labs to check contents and packaging of what’s on dispensary shelves?
“We need to remember that unlike the federal government, New Jersey doesn’t have an FDA to do its work. And we have to basically be our own,” said committee chairman Assemblyman Joe Danielsen, D-Somerset.
“I don’t intend to lower the heavy hammer of government down on an industry,” he said. “But I think at a minimum we need to set up a framework that leads everyone to a safe, successful place.”
Bill Ciccone, president of MicroSolv Technology, said testing is important because products can contain dangerous ingredients if manufacturing processes aren’t followed correctly in making things like gummies.
“When the state of New Jersey makes something legal, the public trusts that it’s safe. So, it is really incumbent upon the state to make sure that it is safe,” Ciccone said.