By Blake Jackson
Missouri cannabis regulators have rolled back part of a recall of nearly 15,000 cannabis products, but the future of the other 45,000 products recalled on Aug. 14 is still pending.
The recall was issued after the state accused Delta Extraction, a Robertsville-based marijuana manufacturer, of adding "hemp-derived chemically modified 'converted' cannabinoids" to marijuana products.
Delta Extraction has denied the allegations and has appealed the recall. The company says that the products were created safely and that it can present evidence to show this.
However, the company could still face a hefty fine and even license revocation for importing a hemp product into the state and adding it to Missouri-grown marijuana products.
The key question facing the state and Delta Extraction is how the recalled products were created and whether that process poses a risk to public health.
If Delta Extraction can present evidence showing the products were created safely, then there's a possibility the state won't order 45,000 products to be destroyed.
However, the company could still face a hefty fine and even license revocation.
A trial is scheduled for the beginning of December, if the division and company can't work out an agreement before then.
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