California Lawsuit Takes Aim At Cannabis ‘Lab Shopping’ As Dangerous Pesticides End Up In Popular Weed Products
California-based Shield Management has allegedly “lab shopped” to camouflage that it has sold tainted products.
As reported by Green Market Report’s Debra Borchardt, 23 of Shield’s products failed tests, then the company found a lab that turned “a blind eye to pesticide contaminants so that failed products can continue to be sold.”
Kayla Esmond, the plaintiff in the lawsuit filed earlier this month in the Superior Court in California, claimed it independently tested the products from the West Coast Cure and Phire and found they contain the contaminants.
Shield allegedly sold the products labeled as free of pesticides or metals, which was not the case, according to Esmond’s complaint. In addition, Shield is also being accused of doctoring the Certificates of Analysis to look as though the products passed the required testing.
The lawsuit noted that …