Food Environment Safety Analytical Testing Lab

Hemp Testing Services

Our Hemp Testing Services are performed with calibrated and verified instruments to assure accuracy of test results.  Our Analysts and Directors have record management, document control, validation requirements, and GLP in our  laboratory management system to assure test results are produced from a quality management system.

Cannabinoid Potency Analysis provides quantitative potency results for ten different types of cannabinoids in Hemp.

This test is suitable for flowers, concentrates/extracts, topicals, ingestibles, tinctures, extracts, or liquids.

  • Cannabichromene (CBC)
  • Cannabidiol (CBD)
  • Cannabidiolic acid (CBDA)
  • Cannabidivarin (CBDV)
  • Cannabidiolquinone (CBDQ or HU-331)
  • Cannabigerol (CBG)
  • Cannabinol (CBN)
  • Delta-8-Tetrahydrocannabinol (D8-THC)
  • Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (D9-THC)
  • Delta-10-Tetrahydrocannabinol (D10-THC)
  • Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA)
  • Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC)
  • Tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCP)
  • Delta-9-THC-O-Acetate (D9-THCOA)
  • Delta-8-THC-O-Acetate (D8-THCOA)
  • Synthetic Cannabinoids

Foreign Material Screen inspects for Hemp adulterants, such as hair, insects, feces, packaging contaminants, and manufacturing waste and by-products. Foreign Material Screen ensures your Hemp products are free of contamination.

Hemp Foreign Material Screen will pass if the presence of mold or foreign material material is at or below an average of 5% or more, by weight and if any mammalian excreta present is at or below an average of 1 mg or more per pound.

Arsenic (As)
Mercury (Hg)
Lead (Pb)
Cadmium (Cd)

Hemp Homogeneity Test assures products have the same concentrations throughout the batch, to ensure a reliably dosed product.

Hemp Homogeneity Test passes if the relative standard deviation, with no outliers is less than 15% on average.

Water Activity is a measurement of the quantity of water in a product that is available and therefore capable of supporting bacteria, yeasts, and fungi. Water activity is reported in the unit Aw.

Dried Hemp flowers pass the hemp water activity test if water activity is at or below 0.65 Aw.

Solid and semi-solid edibles pass the hemp water activity test if water activity is at or below 0.85 Aw.

Moisture Content is the percentage of water in dry hemp sample, by weight.

Dried hemp flowers pass the hemp moisture content test if the moisture content is between 5.0% to 13.0%.

Microbial Pathogen Screening of Hemp products by qPCR and plate culture method set forth by the FDA Bacterial Analytical Manual.

Hemp Microbial Pathogen Screening Test will pass if:

(1) Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli is not detected in 1 gram of Hemp.

(2) Salmonella spp. is not detected in 1 gram of Hemp.

(3) Aspergillus fumigatus is not detected in 1 gram of Hemp.

(4) Aspergillus flavus is not detected in 1 gram of Hemp.

(5) Aspergillus niger is not detected in 1 gram of Hemp.

(6) Aspergillus terreus is not detected in 1 gram of Hemp.

Mycotoxin Analysis screens for harmful mycotoxins, including:

  • Aflatoxin B1
  • Aflatoxin B2
  • Aflatoxin G1
  • Aflatoxin G2
  • Ochratoxin

A quantitative LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS Pesticide Analysis Test for hemp products exceed tolerance levels.

Abamectin

Cyfluthrin

Hexythiazox

Phosmet

Acephate

Cypermethrin

Imazalil

Piperonylbutoxide

Azoxystrobin

Daminozide

Imidacloprid

Prallethrin

Aldicarb

Diazinon

Kresoxim-methyl

Propiconazole

Bifenazate

Dichlorvos

Malathion

Propoxur

Bifenthrin

Dimethoate

Metalaxyl

Pyrethrins

Boscalid

Dimethomorph

Methiocarb

Pyridaben

Captan

Ethoprophos

Methomyl

Spinetoram

Carbaryl

Etofenprox

Methyl parathion

Spinosad

Carbofuran

Etoxazole

Mevinphos

Spiromesifen

Chlorantraniliprole

Fenhexamid

Myclobutanil

Spirotetramat

Chlordane

Fenoxycarb

Naled

Spiroxamine

Chlorfenapyr

Fenpyroximate

Oxamyl

Tebuconazole

Chlorpyrifos

Fipronin

Paclobutrazol

Thiacloprid

Clofentezine

Flonicamid

Pentachloronitrobenzene

Thiamethoxam

Coumaphos

Fludioxonil

Permethrin

Trifloxystrobin

FESA Labs now offers a Powdery Mildew test to identify infected plants before any visual symptoms are seen.

Acetone

Ethylene Oxide

Acetonitrile

Heptane

Benzene

Hexane

n-butane

i-butane

Chloroform

Isopropyl Alcohol

1,2-Dichloroethane

Methanol

Dichloromethane

Pentane

Diethyl Ether

Propane

Ethanol

Trichloroethylene

Ethyl Acetate

Toluene

 

Xylenes

 

Shelf-life testing is available to ensure your hemp quality is maintained. Products stored under controlled environmental conditions will be assessed and analyzed at several timepoints depending on the project and the expected product shelf-life.

Analysis of 14 terpenes by HS-GC-FID. Additional volatile compounds are available upon request.

Camphene

Humulene

Δ-3-carene

D-Limonene

β-caryophyllene

Linalool

Cymene

Myrcene

Eucalyptol

Nerolidol

Fenchol

α-pinene

 

Terpinolene

 

 

Vape Cartridge Analysis tests for heavy metals in empty vape cartridges:

  • Arsenic
  • Cadmium
  • Lead
  • Mercury

High levels of Vitamin E Acetate has been possibly linked to vape-associated pulmonary illnesses and some fatalities.

Vitamin E Acetate testing may be beneficial to understanding potential levels of it.