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Huge cannabis recall drives questions about market safety regulation
['Ben Markus', 'Ryan Warner', 'The Associated Press', 'Chandra Thomas Whitfield']
Colorado Public Radio
The recall, the latest in a series of widespread safety actions impacting hundreds of cannabis retailers in the state, comes at a particularly difficult time for the industry.
Colorado marijuana regulators don’t list the volume of cannabis recalled from year to year, so it’s unknown if this is the largest recall in state history.
In June, Smokiez edible products in 85 stores were recalled due to the detection of a pesticide above state limits.
The recalls come as Colorado’s marijuana industry suffers a prolonged downturn in prices due to a large expansion in grow operations during the pandemic years.
“So there's some incentives, potentially, to cut corners, especially when market suppression has gotten that low.”Experts are concerned that recalls of cannabis products in Colorado are mostly voluntary.