Out here in Colorado, the regulations permit the use of certain (very specifically identified) pesticides on hemp and cannabis crops (not necessarily the same for the two crops), require testing of agricultural (and derived) products for "residual" pesticides and place limits on the measured quantities. At some (many?) level(s) these regulations are analogous to those regarding other commonly consumed agricultural products.
For the curious the (extensive) regulations can be found at
https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/GenerateRulePdf.do?ruleVersionId™00
Much of the regs describe business practices (licensing, ownership, etc). Around p32 and shortly thereafter the talk begins to talk technical. Starting at p455 (!) hits for the search term "pesticides" begins to appear. We, in CO, have been cultivating (pun intended) these industries (hemp and cannabis) for a number of years and the legal framework shows it.
Joseph
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> Does anyone know if there are regulations in place about residual pesticides in cannabis products?å å Monona
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> 6 EMPLOYEES OF LEGAL CANNABIS BUSINESS EVALUATED BY HAZMAT TEAM FOLLOWING OVERNIGHT PESTICIDE SPRAYING
> https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/6-workers-at-legal-cannabis-business-evaluated-by-hazmat-team-following-overnight-pesticide-spraying/
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> Six employees of a local legal cannabis business required evaluation by paramedics Tuesday, after their workplace was sprayed with pesticides.
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> Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics were dispatched to the business in the 300 block of W. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in South Los Angeles at around 8 a.m.
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> The employees had entered the business Tuesday morning ahead of opening for the day and experienced "brief respiratory irritation" due to the pesticides sprayed overnight, as detailed by Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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> None of the six employees sought further medical attention and declined transport to hospitals for examination.
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> Still, a Hazardous-Materials team was called to the scene to determine the extent of the potential threat, to which they stated that there was no hazard present.
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