Nevada Administrative Code|Section 453D.780 - Required quality assurance tests; submission of wet marijuana for testing

                                                
 453D.780. Required quality assurance tests; submission of wet marijuana for testing 
 
1. Each marijuana testing facility must use the sampling protocols and the general body of required quality assurance tests for usable marijuana, as received, concentrated marijuana and marijuana products set forth in this section. Such tests may include moisture content, potency analysis, foreign matter inspection, microbial screening, pesticide and other chemical residue and metals screening and residual solvents levels. A marijuana testing facility may request additional sample material for the purposes of completing required quality assurance tests but may not use such material for the purposes of resampling or repeating quality assurance tests. A marijuana testing facility may retrieve samples from the premises of another marijuana establishment and transport the samples directly to the marijuana testing facility. A marijuana testing facility transporting samples may make multiple stops if: 
 
(a) Each stop is for the sole purpose of retrieving a sample from a marijuana establishment; and
 
(b) All samples remain secured at all times.
 
2. The tests required pursuant to subsection 1 by a marijuana testing facility are as follows: 
 
 
 
 
 Product
 
 Tests Required
 
 Tolerance Limit
 
 
 
 Usable marijuana and crude collected resins, as received, excluding wet marijuana
 
 
1. Moisture content
 
 2. Potency analysis
 
 3. Terpene analysis
 
 4. Foreign matter inspection
 
 5. Mycotoxin screening
 
 6. Heavy metal screening
 
 7. Pesticide residue analysis
 
 8. Herbicide screening
 
 9. Growth regulator screening
 
 10. Total yeast and mold
 
 11. Total Enterobacteriaceae
 
 12. Salmonella
 
 13. Pathogenic E. coli
 
 14. Aspergillus fumigatus
 
 15. Aspergillus flavus
 
 16. Aspergillus terreus
 
 17. Aspergillus niger
 
 18. Total coliform 
 
 
 
1. < 15%
 
 2. N/A
 
 3. N/A
 
 4. None detected
 
 5. < 20 µg/kg for the total of Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 combined and < 20 µg/kg for Ochratoxin A
 
 6. Arsenic: < 2 ppm Cadmium: < 0.82 ppm Lead: < 1.2 ppm Mercury: < 0.4 ppm
 
 7. See NAC 453D.786
 
 8. See NAC 453D.786
 
 9. See NAC 453D.786
 
 10. < 10,000 colony forming units per gram
 
 11. < 1,000 colony forming units per gram
 
 12. None detected per gram
 
 13. None detected per gram
 
 14. None detected per gram
 
 15. None detected per gram
 
 16. None detected per gram
 
 17. None detected per gram
 
 18. < 1,000 colony forming units per gram
 
 
 
 
 Wet marijuana, as received, which is destined for extraction
 
 
1. Potency analysis
 
 2. Terpene analysis
 
 3. Foreign matter inspection
 
 4. Mycotoxin screening
 
 5. Heavy metal screening
 
 6. Pesticide residue analysis
 
 7. Herbicide screening
 
 8. Growth regulator screening
 
 9. Total yeast and mold
 
 10. Total Enterobacteriaceae
 
 11. Salmonella
 
 12. Pathogenic E. coli
 
 13. Aspergillus fumigatus
 
 14. Aspergillus flavus
 
 15. Aspergillus terreus
 
 16. Aspergillus niger
 
 17. Total coliform
 
 
 
1. N/A
 
 2. N/A
 
 3. None detected
 
 4. < 20 µg/kg for the total of Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 combined and < 20 µg/kg for Ochratoxin A
 
 5. Arsenic: < 2 ppm Cadmium: < 0.82 ppm Lead: < 1.2 ppm Mercury: < 0.4 ppm
 
 6. See NAC 453D.786
 
 7. See NAC 453D.786
 
 8. See NAC 453D.786
 
 9. < 10,000 colony forming units per gram
 
 10. < 1,000 colony forming units per gram
 
 11. None detected per gram
 
 12. None detected per gram
 
 13. None detected per gram
 
 14. None detected per gram
 
 15. None detected per gram
 
 16. None detected per gram
 
 17. < 1,000 colony forming units per gram
 
 
 
 
 Extract of marijuana (nonsolvent) like hashish, bubble hash, infused dairy butter, mixtures of extracted products or oils or fats derived from natural sources, including concentrated marijuana extracted with CO2
 
 
1. Potency analysis
 
 2. Foreign matter inspection
 
 3. Terpene analysis
 
 4. Mycotoxin screening
 
 5. Heavy metal screening
 
 6. Pesticide residue analysis
 
 7. Total yeast and mold
 
 8. Total Enterobacteriaceae
 
 9. Salmonella
 
 10. Pathogenic E. coli
 
 11. Aspergillus fumigatus
 
 12. Aspergillus flavus
 
 13. Aspergillus terreus
 
 14. Aspergillus niger
 
 
 
1. N/A
 
 2. None detected
 
 3. N/A
 
 4. < 20 µg/kg for the total of Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 combined and < 20 µg/kg for Ochratoxin A
 
 5. Arsenic: < 2 ppm Cadmium: < 0.82 ppm Lead: < 1.2 ppm Mercury: < 0.4 ppm
 
 6. See NAC 453D.786
 
 7. < 1,000 colony forming units per gram
 
 8. < 100 colony forming units per gram
 
 9. None detected per gram 
 
10. None detected per gram
 
 11. None detected per gram
 
 12. None detected per gram
 
 13. None detected per gram
 
 14. None detected per gram
 
 
 
 
 Extract of marijuana (solvent-based) made with any approved solvent, including concentrated marijuana extracted by means other than with CO2
 
 
1. Potency analysis
 
 2. Terpene analysis
 
 3. Foreign matter inspection
 
 4. Residual solvent test
 
 5. Mycotoxin screening
 
 6. Heavy metal screening
 
 7. Pesticide residue analysis
 
 8. Total yeast and mold
 
 9. Total Enterobacteriaceae
 
 10. Salmonella
 
 11. Pathogenic E. coli
 
 12. Aspergillus fumigatus
 
 13. Aspergillus flavus
 
 14. Aspergillus terreus
 
 15. Aspergillus niger
 
 
 
1. N/A
 
 2. N/A
 
 3. None detected
 
 4. < 500 ppm
 
 5. < 20 µg/kg for the total of Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 combined and < 20 µg/kg for Ochratoxin A
 
 6. Arsenic: < 2 ppm Cadmium: < 0.82 ppm Lead: < 1.2 ppm Mercury: < 0.4 ppm
 
 7. See NAC 453D.786
 
 8. < 1,000 colony forming units per gram
 
 9. < 100 colony forming units per gram
 
 10. None detected per gram
 
 11. None detected per gram
 
 12. None detected per gram
 
 13. None detected per gram
 
 14. None detected per gram
 
 15. None detected per gram
 
 
 
 
 Edible marijuana product, including a product which contains concentrated marijuana
 
 
1. Potency analysis
 
 2. Terpene analysis
 
 3. Foreign matter inspection
 
 4. Total Enterobacteriaceae
 
 5. Salmonella
 
 6. Pathogenic E. coli
 
 7. Total aerobic count
 
 8. Water activity or pH
 
 
 
1. N/A
 
 2. N/A
 
 3. None detected
 
 4. < 1,000 colony forming units per gram
 
 5. None detected per gram
 
 6. None detected per gram
 
 7. < 100,000 colony forming units per gram
 
 8. Water activity < 0.86 or pH < 4.6
 
 
 
 
 Liquid marijuana product, including, without limitation, soda or tonic, including a product which contains concentrated marijuana
 
 
1. Potency analysis
 
 2. Terpene analysis
 
 3. Foreign matter inspection
 
 4. Total Enterobacteriaceae
 
 5. Salmonella
 
 6. Pathogenic E. coli
 
 7. Total aerobic count
 
 8. Water activity or pH
 
 
 
1. N/A
 
 2. N/A
 
 3. None detected
 
 4. < 1,000 colony forming units per gram
 
 5. None detected per gram
 
 6. None detected per gram
 
 7. < 100,000 colony forming units per gram
 
 8. Water activity < 0.86 or pH < 4.6
 
 
 
 
 Topical marijuana product, including a product which contains concentrated marijuana
 
 
1. Potency analysis
 
 2. Terpene analysis
 
 
 
1. N/A
 
 2. N/A
 
 
 
 
 
3. A sample of usable marijuana must be at least 10 grams. A sample of a production run must be the lesser of 1 percent of the total product weight of the production run or 25 units of product. All samples must be homogenized before testing.
 
4. A marijuana establishment shall not submit wet marijuana to a marijuana testing facility for testing unless the wet marijuana is destined for extraction and weighed within 2 hours after harvest.
 
5. As used in this section, "as received" means the unaltered state in which a sample was collected, without any processing or conditioning, which accounts for all mass, including moisture content.
 
 Added to NAC by Dep't of Taxation by R092-17, eff. 2-27-2018
 
NRS 453D.200