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Allay Speaks on GMP for Natural Products Insider

Allay Speaks on GMP for Natural Products Insider

This is an excerpt from an article found on Natural Products Insider FULL ARTICLE Third-party certifications have become increasingly popular across the cannabis industry. Certifying that one’s production processes are rock-solid is a worthwhile endeavor that will set...

4 Tips for Safety and Compliance in Cannabis

4 Tips for Safety and Compliance in Cannabis

This is an excerpt from an article found on Cannabis Business Times FULL ARTICLE With four states passing adult-use legalization measures in the 2020 election, 15 states have now ended cannabis prohibition. With this momentum, federal legalization seems very much in...

Aligning cannabis with FDA standards

Aligning cannabis with FDA standards

This is an excerpt from an article found on Food Safety Strategies FULL ARTICLECannabis edibles and beverages are a new market for some states; others have been slowly honing their new products for years now. However, there is a need for more guidelines from the FDA,...

Cannabis Certification Primer: ISO 9001 & 22000

Cannabis Certification Primer: ISO 9001 & 22000

This is an excerpt from an article found on Company Week FULL ARTICLE ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, has been bringing standards to manufacturers and other businesses since 1947. It's developed more than 23,000 standards in its existence,...

Allay Consulting Owner Featured in Company Week

Allay Consulting Owner Featured in Company Week

This is an excerpt from an article found on Company Week FULL ARTICLE Kim Stuck was Colorado's first "marijuana specialist" for DDPHE, the Denver Department of Public Health & Environment. Today she helps cannabis companies on the journey to more professional...

Marijuana Edibles and Cross-Contamination Risks

Marijuana Edibles and Cross-Contamination Risks

This is an excerpt from an article found on totalfood.com/ FULL ARTICLE As marijuana is being legalized in certain states, people are using it in many forms, including edibles. Unfortunately, food safety isn’t always top-of-mind when preparing marijuana edibles, and...

The Importance of SOP’s

The Importance of SOP’s

Certain Cannabis SOP ’s are required in all facilities. However, in order to create a record of compliance and to avoid risk it is often beneficial for companies to have many more SOP’s than required. At the company level, SOP’s are a set of step-by-step instructions...

Banking in the Cannabis Industry

Banking in the Cannabis Industry

In the Cannabis Banking world, most banks refuse even the most basic functions to anyone with a cannabis license. As a result, businesses are faced with numerous issues from security to paying taxes, and are scrambling for a better solution. At the moment cannabis is...