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BlippysHarlemShake t1_j88favr wrote

Damn, forgive me but this is awesome. Prior to legalization, you would have just gotten sick. Now we test. Sounds like a win to me

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Vermonter_Here t1_j88ogva wrote

This is the sane take.

People reported getting sick from a particular batch of flower. So, the government agency responsible for regulating this product tested a sample and issued a consumer protection warning based on its findings.

This kind of response does not happen without a regulated consumer market.

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RetiscentSun t1_j88p4dg wrote

The system is also messed up, because they tested it ahead of time and said it was fine only for that to turn out to not be true.

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VetMedicUSA t1_j89itul wrote

I have a sneaking suspicion their samples were taken prior to the plants being sprayed with myclobutanil.

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thisoneisnotasbad t1_j8b8p01 wrote

The grower tested it and submitted the results. Slight but important difference.

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RetiscentSun t1_j8b8y0f wrote

The system allowed for this to happen in th first place is my point.

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thisoneisnotasbad t1_j8bdun2 wrote

Gotcha.

The state doesn't have the resources to have all testing in house. This self reporting is a very common practice in all agricultural practices across the state.

It sucks some people got sick but imagine the costs of weed if that needed to offset state employees doing all the testing at a state run lab.

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VetMedicUSA t1_j89ieaa wrote

Yes it does, there was and is no mechanism in place for the state to know who was potentially affected by this. I find out about it this past Wednesday, February 8th and the first press releases went out on February 2nd.

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Vermonter_Here t1_j8nup4r wrote

Isn't this the case with most products, though? Currently, the only real way for companies to track which people purchased a recalled product is if they made the purchase with a customer loyalty card of some kind (containing contact info for the customer).

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Errl_Hebner t1_j894wj7 wrote

It's a win for sure, but in practice regulated testing is far from perfect and often easily gamed. For instance producers are often allowed to submit samples from the same crop repeatedly after failing pesticide and mold tests until they get the desired passing result. I still think the only reliable way to get clean weed is to know your grower or grow your own. I'm all in favor of regulated testing that actually keeps the consumer safe but we're not there yet. Here's a comic about it:

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChmnwwtuK62/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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VetMedicUSA t1_j89i2uh wrote

This is why the state should be working on taking over all of the testing statewide. Baffles me why they allowed the cultivators to pick and choose what gets tested (basically self regulate) which is quite possibly what this cultivator did.

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