It's Black Friday at Massachusetts CCC
By; Grant Smith-Ellis
date; 8/9/24
time; 5:30 p.m
BREAKING NEWS (scoop);
In keeping with sources, the Director of Testing of the Massachusetts CCC, James Kocis, has resigned and left the company.
This, amid studies that a lot of falsely examined merchandise could have reached customers within the Commonwealth lately (due, partially, to an absence of intervention by CCC testing personnel).
Learn extra in regards to the background to these testing lab fraud allegations right here – https://www.patreon.com/posts/
I can now additionally announce, for the primary time, that Kocis is alleged to have had ties (previous to becoming a member of the CCC) to a laboratory in Massachusetts that for years was rumored to be engaged in potential manipulation of yeast assessments and mould. .
Simply earlier this night, on this feed, it was additionally reported that CCC licensing director Kyle Potvin had resigned from the company amid ongoing controversy.
This can be a breaking story. Extra like her.
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When he joined in October 2022 issues weren’t a lot better in accordance with MJ Biz in an early 2023 report
At a legislative listening to final week, a lobbyist representing native testing labs known as the CCC “unpredictable” and “unaccountable.”
A testing {industry} government, in the meantime, mentioned Massachusetts faces “a giant drawback” with marijuana corporations shopping for favorable lab outcomes — and that hiring a former lab worker to repair the state of affairs at the least presents the looks of a potential battle.
Earlier than being chosen because the state's director of marijuana testing, Kocis labored as a supervisor for a number of years at Inexperienced Analytics, a hashish laboratory in Framingham.
Inexperienced Analytics' testing practices have come beneath scrutiny as a part of a wider difficulty involving inflated THC outcomes and so-called lab purchasing.
Extra at
https://mjbizdaily.com/industry-professional-overseeing-massachusetts-marijuana-testing-raises-questions/
