Pesticide Testing for Cannabis and Hemp

Pesticide Testing for Cannabis and Hemp

Comply with evolving regulations and support consumer safety with Waters cannabis and hemp testing solutions. Waters robust and sensitive methods and expert support help detect below regulatory levels with the flexibility to adapt in an ever-changing market for confidence in your results.

Comply with evolving regulations and support consumer safety with Waters cannabis and hemp testing solutions. Waters robust and sensitive methods and expert support help detect below regulatory levels with the flexibility to adapt in an ever-changing market for confidence in your results.
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Explore Waters LC and GC-MS/MS solutions for cannabis pesticide analysis, designed for sensitive and reproducible detection below current regulatory levels.
Explore Waters LC and GC-MS/MS solutions for cannabis pesticide analysis, designed for sensitive and reproducible detection below current regulatory levels.

Overview

Quality and safety testing are essential for ensuring cannabis and hemp products comply with ever-evolving regulatory requirements. Waters partners with testing laboratories, regulatory agencies, product manufacturers, and researchers to ensure consumer safety and compliance while enabling growth and innovation.

With Waters, you’ll have the instruments, consumables, methods, Application Success Guides, training and service support you need to overcome diverse sample types, varying lists of target pesticides, and low detection limits for swift and accurate results. Our reliable technology, deep roots in regulatory compliance, flexible financing and leasing options, and unmatched service and application support is everything you need to elevate your business.

Applications

Testing for pesticides in cannabis and hemp poses unique challenges. Learn about Waters expertise with pesticide analysis with these application notes.

Testing for pesticides in cannabis and hemp poses unique challenges. Learn about Waters expertise with pesticide analysis with these application notes.

Application Notes

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Brochure: Cannabis and Hemp Testing — Your Partner for Analytical Excellence

Guaranteeing compliance with regulatory requirements necessitates rigorous quality and safety testing for cannabis and hemp products. Our analytical testing solutions help laboratories consistently deliver accurate results. Read this brochure to learn how you can rapidly adapt to changing quality and safety regulations with unmatched application support and services.

Guaranteeing compliance with regulatory requirements necessitates rigorous quality and safety testing for cannabis and hemp products. Our analytical testing solutions help laboratories consistently deliver accurate results. Read this brochure to learn how you can rapidly adapt to changing quality and safety regulations with unmatched application support and services.
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Solutions

Streamline your analysis and accelerate sample throughput with system solutions tailored to the needs of cannabis testing labs.

Streamline your analysis and accelerate sample throughput with system solutions tailored to the needs of cannabis testing labs.

High performance, reproducible quantitative data, and compact design

High performance, reproducible quantitative data, and compact design

Enable robust performance with a high rates of data acquisition and wide dynamic range with the Xevo TQ-S micro Mass Spectrometry System, a sensitive tandem quadrupole MS with a compact design.  

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One system. Every analyte. All the time

One system. Every analyte. All the time

Expand the scope of ultimate sensitivity analysis in your cannabis testing labs with unprecedented levels of reliability, reproducibility, and performance with Waters Xevo TQ-XS Mass Spectrometry System.

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No compromise GC-MS/MS

No compromise GC-MS/MS

Reach ultra-trace pesticide levels in complex samples with Waters APGC, which brings advanced MS technologies previously unavailable to GC users into your lab.

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The perfect addition to your laboratory

The perfect addition to your laboratory

Maximize uptime with our GC-MS/MS mass spectrometry system, a robust, high-performing platform with a wide range of injection modes requiring minimal method development, maintenance, or training time.

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The future of quantitation is here

The future of quantitation is here

Reduce time spent on data review and process large sample batches more quickly and easily with waters_connect for Quantitation, ideal for LC pesticide and mycotoxin testing for cannabis and hemp.

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Faster, cleaner sample preparation for cannabis and hemp

Faster, cleaner sample preparation for cannabis and hemp

Achieve unmatched purity, consistency, and quality for pesticide analysis in cannabis and hemp with Oasis Sample Extraction Products, including Oasis PRiME HLB products, which set the performance standard for solid phase extraction cleanup in routine analysis.

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Optimize productivity in your laboratory

Optimize productivity in your laboratory

Maintain peak instrument performance, minimize downtime, address your cannabis and hemp application challenges, and ensure your instruments are up to date with the Waters suite of instrument services.

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Make science more accessible with Waters Capital

Make science more accessible with Waters Capital

Maximize your lab resources and minimize risk with payment options from Waters Capital, which includes innovative solutions to upgrade aging instruments, customized support, and flexible options to bundle your complete laboratory solution in one easy monthly payment – everything you need to advance your science.

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The data speaks for itself

The data speaks for itself
Representative MRM chromatograms for aflatoxins G2, G1, B2, B1, and ochratoxin A spiked at a level of 0.02 µg/g in cannabis matrix
Representative MRM chromatograms for aflatoxins G2, G1, B2, B1, and ochratoxin A spiked at a level of 0.02 µg/g in cannabis matrix.
Representative MRM chromatograms showing the primary quantification and the secondary qualifier transition for fenoxycarb
Representative MRM chromatograms showing the primary quantification and the secondary qualifier transition for fenoxycarb (C, 25 ppb), and tetrachlorvinphos (D, 25 ppb) spiked into cannabis and extracted using the sample preparation protocol reported.
The total weight percent (wt%) of the measured terpenes in the hemp sample was 0.0122% while the total in cannabis was 0.0384%
Comparison of terpenes identified and quantified in hemp and cannabis. Y-axis is weight %. As shown, the cannabis cultivar had >3x the amount of terpenes than the hemp sample and a different range of analytes as well. The total weight percent (wt%) of the measured terpenes in the hemp sample was 0.0122% while the total in cannabis was 0.0384%.
Error bars indicate the standard deviation observed for each compound. The combined recovery of spinosad A and D are close to 85%
Percent recovery of pesticides from cannabis matrix (n = 4). Compounds are presented in order of retention time (from 2.9 min for acephate to 12.8 min for acequinocyl). Error bars indicate the standard deviation observed for each compound. The combined recovery of spinosad A and D are close to 85%.

Webinars and Resources

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Sample Preparation and Chemistry Products for Cannabis Quality and Safety Applications

Sample Preparation and Chemistry Products for Cannabis Quality and Safety Applications
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State-of-the-Art Instrumentation Strengthens Emerging Cannabis Testing and Breeding Applications

State-of-the-Art Instrumentation Strengthens Emerging Cannabis Testing and Breeding Applications
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Building Laboratory Capacity to Ensure Cannabis Safety, Quality, and Efficacy

Building Laboratory Capacity to Ensure Cannabis Safety, Quality, and Efficacy
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Learn more about Pesticide Testing for Cannabis and Hemp Solutions.

Learn more about Pesticide Testing for Cannabis and Hemp Solutions.
Explore Waters LC and GC-MS/MS solutions for cannabis pesticide analysis, designed for sensitive and reproducible detection below current regulatory levels.
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Ensuring the safety and quality of cannabis and hemp products is critical as regulations around pesticide residues continue to evolve. Testing labs must accurately detect a wide range of pesticides at very low levels to meet government standards and protect consumer health.

Waters supports the entire cannabis and hemp testing process by partnering with laboratories, regulators, manufacturers, and researchers. Our advanced analytical solutions such as liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC) systems combined with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) are designed to deliver precise and reliable pesticide detection, even in complex samples.

We offer more than just instruments. Waters provides ready-to-use testing methods, Application Success Guides, high-quality consumables, and expert training to help labs run efficient and compliant operations. Our solutions are developed to handle different sample types and support detection of a wide variety of pesticides, ensuring fast, consistent, and accurate results.

To make cutting-edge technology more accessible, Waters also offers flexible financing and leasing options, helping labs overcome budget constraints. In addition, our global support network is available to assist with installation, training, troubleshooting, and ongoing application support.

With Waters, labs gain a trusted partner committed to helping them meet regulatory requirements, protect public health, and grow their business. From equipment and methods to expert support, we provide everything needed for successful pesticide testing in cannabis and hemp products.