True hemp "Cannabis sativa L.", raw or processed, but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp, incl. yarn waste and garnetted stock (HS code(s): 5302)

Techniques to Lower Microbial Load in Post-Harvest Inflorescence of Cannabis and Hemp; (11 page(s), in English)

This standard gives guidelines for potentially acceptable techniques for lowering microbiological contamination in post-harvest inflorescence of cannabis and hemp.

This standard is applicable to all post-harvest inflorescence of cannabis and hemp plants regardless of the regulatory classification of the plant from which they were derived.

This standard does not address the following:

·        techniques that can be used to prevent microbial contamination before, during, or after any cultivation or process step;

·        methods for quantifying microbial contamination or the utilization of any of these techniques;

·        techniques for lowering microbial contamination in manufactured products;

·        control of degradation of non-microbial constituents, that is anything that is not a microbe, including toxins produced by endospores of these microbes. Cannabinoids and terpenes are an example of non-microbial constituents.