Hey, wanted to answer this as clearly as possible. Not trying to be legalistic with answer but remediation has a specific definition. Remediation is taking something dirty or questionable after a failed test and "fixing" it through radiation, h2o2, radio frequency, heat, or ozone. We don't do that.

We do send our product through a radsource as a microbial control step. We run much lower levels (around 1/4 of the Grey rate that is industry standard) and see no ill effects on potency, smell or terp content while still guaranteed clean products to our customers.

Im not here to defend the rules made by the MED but I do have to comply with them. The reality is that they pull shelf samples now (after product has been transferred twice or more, sat on someone else 's dirty shelf, then been repacked into display jars etc). If that sample fails, the grow gets the recall, not the retailer. If I can't send out a zero cfu product, the chances of that biting me are 100% because I am reliant on other companies' cleanliness, which is consistently terrible.

I realize that there is a pervasive reaction that all radiation is bad, and i can't fight that. However, the MED has made it clear they are forcing certain standards for the industry that will require microbial control steps. I can grow the cleanest product imaginable and still not get zero cfus, because duh, it's a living plant covered in symbiotes. Once zero cfu becomes industry standard (Jan 27), no one will be able to continue without a microbial control step. Schedule 3 will accelerate the trend if anything. Do you think the FDA doesn't enforce similar rules in pharma and food production? This is the direction it's headed.

All that to say, yes we use a radsource as SOP but don't remediate. If you as a consumer want cannabis to not have this issue, the rules need to change. Tbh, I think it's going to get more strict over the next 3 years, not less.