Pesticide residue testing for cannabis

Sensitive pesticide residue testing for cannabis products to support Health Canada compliance, safety, and product release.

Test offering 

  • State of the art LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS instrumentation
  • Proposed Health Canada pesticide panel – 96 compounds
  • USP <561> or EP compendial, internal, or client specific methods available
  • Sample matrices – fresh or dried dannabis, oil products, and intermediate products (soil, water, fertilisers, surface swabs etc.) 

Mandatory pesticide testing required under new Health Canada Cannabis Act regulations

Under the Cannabis Act, licensed producers are prohibited from using any additives or unregistered pest control products in the cultivation or production of fresh or dried cannabis.

There are currently 22 registered pesticide products approved for use under the PMRA (Pest Management Regulatory Agency), which contain varying combinations of soaps, salts, sulfur products and fatty acids. To date, there are hundreds of active pesticide compounds that are not approved for use on indoor cannabis crops.

The use of any unauthorised pest control product will result in Health Canada actions such as product recall, the seizure or destruction of crops, and potentially the revocation of your Cannabis Act licence. All cannabis products intended for sale or provided to any party under the Cannabis Act will require pesticide testing. 

Eurofins Food & Feed Testing can detect all 96 pesticide actives proposed by Health Canada  

Pesticide Active  Reporting  Limit
(ppm) 		 Pesticide Active  Reporting  Limit
(ppm) 		 Pesticide Active  Reporting  Limit
(ppm) 
Abamectin  0.01  Endosulfan sulfate  0.5  Novaluron  0.01 
Acephate  0.01  Endosulfan-alpha  0.5  Oxamyl  0.01 
Acequinocyl  0.01  Endosulfan-beta  0.5  Paclobutrazol  0.01 
Acetamiprid  0.01  Ethoprophos  0.01  Permethrin  0.01 
Aldicarb  0.01  Etofenprox  0.01  Phenothrin  0.01 
Allethrin 0.01  Etoxazole 0.01  Phosmet  0.01 
Azadirachtin  0.01  Etridiazol  0.2 Piperonyl butoxide  0.01 
Azoxystrobin  0.01  Fenoxycarb  0.01  Pirimicarb  0.01 
Benzovindiflupyr  0.01  Fenpyroximate  0.01  Prallethrin  0.01 
Bifenazate  0.01  Fensulfothion  0.01  Propiconazole  0.01 
Bifenthrin  0.01  Fenthion  0.01  Propoxur  0.01 
Boscalid  0.01  Fenvalerate  0.05 Pyraclostrobin  0.01 
Buprofezin  0.01  Fipronil  0.01  Pyrethrins  0.01 
Carbaryl   0.01  Flonicamid  0.01  Pyridaben   0.01 
Carbofuran  0.01  Fludioxonil  0.01  Quintozene  0.01 
Chlorantraniliprole  0.01  Fluopyram  0.01  Resmethrin  0.01 
Chlorphenapyr  0.05 Hexythiazox  0.01  Spinetoram  0.01 
Chlorpyrifos  0.01  Imazalil   0.01  Spinosad  0.01 
Clofentezine  0.01  Imidacloprid  0.01  Spirodiclofen  0.01 
Clothianidin  0.01  Iprodione  0.01  Spiromesifen  0.01 
Coumaphos 0.01  Kinoprene Qualitative  Spirotetramat 0.01 
Cyantranilipole  0.01  Kresoxim-methyl  0.01  Spiroxamine   0.01 
Cyfluthrin  0.05 Malathion  0.01  Tebuconazole  0.01 
Cypermethrin  0.01  Metalaxyl  0.01  Tebufenozide  0.01 
Cyprodinil  0.01  Methiocarb  0.01  Teflubenzuron  0.01 
Daminozide  0.05 Methomyl  0.01  Tetrachlorvinphos 0.01 
Deltamethrin  0.01 Methoprene  0.05 Tetramethrin   0.01
Diazinon  0.01 Methyl parathion  0.01 Thiacloprid  0.01
Dichlorvos  0.01 Mevinphos  0.01 Thiamethoxam  0.01
Dimethoate  0.01 MGK-264  0.01 Thiophanate-methyl  0.01
Dinotefuran  0.01 Myclobutanil   0.01 Trifloxystrobin  0.01
Dodemorph  0.01 Naled 0.5 Dimethomorph 0.01

 

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