Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01778, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Tomy, Gregg (University of Manitoba)|Tomy, Gregg (Université du Manitoba), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Manitoba, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : In July 2018, the Federal Government of Canada is set to legalize the use of cannabis for recreational purposes._x000D_
It is incumbent therefore for cannabis producers to make available products that are clean and safe. It is_x000D_
well-known that smoking of plant material such as tobacco and cannabis products containing pesticides can_x000D_
yield complex mixtures of compounds, many of which are more toxic than the compounds initially present in_x000D_
the material. In response to this, Health Canada has acknowledged the importance of measuring products for_x000D_
human consumption for a suite of chemicals to show that they contain non-measurable amounts of chemicals_x000D_
that are known to be detrimental to the health of the end-user. While a definitive target listing of compounds to_x000D_
be tested in recreational cannabis has yet to be finalized; this is especially true for the pesticides, the_x000D_
Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) recently established a Cannabis Expert Working Group in_x000D_
conjunction with Health Canada to address this issue. Presently, samples to be used for medical purposes need_x000D_
to be tested for a suite of organic compounds including cannabinoids, mycotoxins, terpenes and pesticides._x000D_
However, only the pesticides suite of chemicals need to be measured by a third part laboratory. As such, Delta_x000D_
9 Biotech would like to be able to perform some of the analyses of other non-pesticides in-house to reduce the_x000D_
overall cost of their sample analyses. The laboratory at University of Manitoba will therefore develop a unified_x000D_
single analytical method to measure cannabinoids, terpenes and mycotoxins in dried plant material using liquid_x000D_
chromatography tandem mass spectrometry., program purpose french : In July 2018, the Federal Government of Canada is set to legalize the use of cannabis for recreational purposes._x000D_
It is incumbent therefore for cannabis producers to make available products that are clean and safe. It is_x000D_
well-known that smoking of plant material such as tobacco and cannabis products containing pesticides can_x000D_
yield complex mixtures of compounds, many of which are more toxic than the compounds initially present in_x000D_
the material. In response to this, Health Canada has acknowledged the importance of measuring products for_x000D_
human consumption for a suite of chemicals to show that they contain non-measurable amounts of chemicals_x000D_
that are known to be detrimental to the health of the end-user. While a definitive target listing of compounds to_x000D_
be tested in recreational cannabis has yet to be finalized; this is especially true for the pesticides, the_x000D_
Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) recently established a Cannabis Expert Working Group in_x000D_
conjunction with Health Canada to address this issue. Presently, samples to be used for medical purposes need_x000D_
to be tested for a suite of organic compounds including cannabinoids, mycotoxins, terpenes and pesticides._x000D_
However, only the pesticides suite of chemicals need to be measured by a third part laboratory. As such, Delta_x000D_
9 Biotech would like to be able to perform some of the analyses of other non-pesticides in-house to reduce the_x000D_
overall cost of their sample analyses. The laboratory at University of Manitoba will therefore develop a unified_x000D_
single analytical method to measure cannabinoids, terpenes and mycotoxins in dried plant material using liquid_x000D_
chromatography tandem mass spectrometry., agreement title english : Simultaneous determination of compounds in cannabis by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry, agreement title french : Simultaneous determination of compounds in cannabis by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada