California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 19 - Department of Cannabis Control › Chapter 6 - Testing Laboratories › Article 5 - Laboratory Testing and Reporting › Section 15726 - Certificate of Analysis (Coa)

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  licensed laboratory shall generate a COA for each representative sample that
				  the laboratory analyzes.
(b) The
				  licensed laboratory shall ensure that the COA contains the results of all
				  required analyses performed for the representative sample.
(c) The licensed laboratory shall, within 1
				  business day of completing all analyses of a sample, both upload the COA into
				  the track and trace system and simultaneously provide a copy of the COA to the
				  Department via email at testinglabs@cannabis.ca.gov with a file name of "METRC
				  UID Number and Test Sample ID" and "Passed" or "Failed" in the subject heading
				  of the email.
(d) The licensed
				  laboratory shall not release to any person any cumulative or individual test
				  results prior to completing all analyses and providing the COA to the
				  Department.
(e) The COA shall
				  contain, at minimum, the following information:
(1) The term "Regulatory Compliance Testing"
				  in font no smaller than 14-point, which shall appear in the upper-right corner
				  of each page of the COA. No text or images shall appear above the term
				  "Regulatory Compliance Testing" on any page of the COA.
(2) Laboratory's name, licensed premises
				  address, and license number;
(3)
				  Licensed distributor's or licensed microbusiness authorized to engage in
				  distribution's name, licensed premises address, and license number;
(4) Licensed cultivator's, licensed
				  manufacturer's, or licensed microbusiness' name, licensed premises address, and
				  license number;
(5) Batch number of
				  the batch from which the sample was obtained. For cannabis and cannabis
				  products that are already packaged at the time of sampling, the labeled batch
				  number on the packaged cannabis and cannabis products shall match the batch
				  number on the COA;
(6) Sample
				  identifying information, including matrix type and unique sample
				  identifiers;
(7) Sample history,
				  including the date collected, the date received by the laboratory, and the
				  date(s) of sample analyses and corresponding testing results;
(8) A picture of the sample of cannabis and
				  cannabis products. If the sample is pre-packaged, the picture must include an
				  unobstructed image of the packaging;
(9) For dried flower samples, the total
				  weight of the batch, in grams or pounds, and the total weight, of the
				  representative sample in grams;
(10) For cannabis product or pre-rolls
				  samples, the total unit count of both the representative sample and the total
				  batch size;
(11) Measured density
				  of the cannabis and cannabis products;
(12) The analytical methods, analytical
				  instrumentation used, and corresponding Limits of Detection (LOD) and Limits of
				  Quantitation (LOQ);
(13) An
				  attestation on the COA from the laboratory supervisory or management employee
				  that all LQC samples required by section
				  15730 were performed and met the
				  acceptance criteria; and
(14)
				  Analytes detected during the analyses of the sample that are unknown,
				  unidentified, or injurious to human health if consumed, if
				  any.