A fourth large-scale cannabis product recall in Missouri was issued on Friday for 37,000 goods, another indicator that regulators in the Midwest state are becoming increasingly strict about compliance with marijuana business rules. The new recall brought the total of recalled cannabis products to almost 175,000 since the first recall, …
Missouri does the hokey pokey on hemp ban
A controversial ban on hemp products is back in effect this week in Missouri, following weeks of political infighting that threatened to delay its implementation. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said in a statement that Gov. Mike Parson’s Aug. 1 executive order prohibiting the sale, manufacture and …
List of New York cannabis retailers delinquent on bills has just two names
An ongoing list of licensed New York cannabis dispensaries that are more than 30 days past due on their bills to suppliers had just two names on it as of Aug. 28, despite there being now 171 operational recreational marijuana shops in the Empire State. Several cannabis company executives said …
UFCW says membership growing in states with organized cannabis workers
As the U.S. cannabis industry has grown, so has the industry’s participation in organized labor unions, a development worth noting in wake of the Labor Day weekend. Just this year alone, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which is probably the biggest force of organized labor in the …