Trichome Analytical Cannabis and Hemp Testing Services

Our lab works directly with cultivators, processors and retailers as a trusted, objective, science-based partner. As an ISO/IEC 17025:2017-accredited laboratory facility, we have the independently verified tools, methodologies and expertise to accurately test cannabis for potency, heavy metals, pesticides and solvents, among other services.

We serve the cannabis industry to ensure stakeholders meet state testing mandates and applicable federal requirements for hemp producers. When you understand your product, you can make better decisions—keeping both your business and end consumers safe.

As a DEA-registered lab, we provide a pre-harvest hemp testing package that satisfies requirements for USDA-regulated testing, and our scientists are here to help you determine when and how often to test your hemp to ensure compliance and avoid costly mitigation procedures.

Our lab offers a suite of testing for post-harvest cannabis plant material, extracts and infused products, helping cultivators and processors with product development and quality assurance. Each service is available as a discrete offering or as part of larger testing and compliance panels, and bulk pricing is available.

Trichome Analytical is an approved medical cannabis testing facility in New Jersey as of November 2021, and an approved adult use cannabis testing facility as of June 2022. Please contact us if you are a current or future license holder in need of NJ cannabis compliance or R&D testing.

Regulations set forth by the USDA require that hemp is tested within 30 days of scheduled harvest to ensure its total tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) potency is less than 0.3% on a dry-weight basis. Further, this testing must be carried out by a lab registered with the DEA, like Trichome Analytical. We offer a competitively priced potency testing package for cultivators licensed under the USDA to ensure regulatory compliance. We’re also able to carry out compliance tests for operators in certain states that regulate their own hemp production. Our profile panel tests for numerous terpenes as well as for 15 cannabinoids, including THC and CBD, to give you a holistic understanding of your cannabis product.

As a DEA-registered, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited lab, we’re legally able to handle and process pre-harvest samples for USDA-licensed cultivators. Beyond that, we’re intent on serving as a trusted partner to cultivators and processors to help advance the industry’s collective knowledge and commitment to consumer safety. 

In addition to compliance testing for THC levels in hemp, we’re equipped with the instruments and expertise to test for the presence of heavy metals, microbial contaminants, fungi, mycotoxins, residual solvents and pesticides in cannabis. Our lab can also provide a terpene report, which helps cultivators and processors understand the flavor and aromatic profile of their cannabis product as well as any potential entourage effects therein.

Beginning in April 2022, all final products sold in and to New York state must undergo full panel compliance testing by an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory. The mandated testing includes:

1. Cannabinoids
2. Mycotoxins
3. Heavy Metals
4. Microbes
5. Pesticides
6. Residual Solvents

Trichome Analytical’s New York Cannabinoid Hemp Program Compliance Panel includes all of the analytes required by NY state. In addition to our routine 15-cannabinoid panel, the NY CHP Certificate of Analysis includes NY CHP specific action levels and statements of compliance with 10 NYCRR §1005, ensuring full compliance with the state regulations.

For quality assurance or research purposes, we offer testing services for hemp plant material, extracts and infused products from any state. Individuals can request personal use testing for adult-use cannabis, as allowed under NJAC 17:30.

From pre-harvest cannabinoid monitoring to full-panel infused product safety analysis, our testing services assist with R&D, product development, consumer safety, and more. These services can be ordered individually, or you can select from our variety of panels.

Our panels offer critical insights and analyses for plant material, extracts and infused products. These more robust, inclusive testing protocols help cultivators and processors gain a more holistic understanding of their product.

*Dependent on product type

Our High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) equipment ensures accurate testing results for 15 major cannabinoids:

1. CBC
2. CBCA
3. CBD
4. CBDA
5. CBDV
6. CBDVA
7. CBG
8. CBGA
9. CBL
10. CBN
11. Δ8THC
12. Δ9THC
13. THCA
14. THCV
15. THCVA

Our Headspace-Gas Chromatography (HS-GC) methodology measures 36 unique terpenes, which interact in the body synergistically with cannabinoids via the entourage effect. Our current terpene panel includes:

1. α-Pinene
2. Camphene
3. Sabinene
4. Myrcene
5. β-Pinene
6. α-Phellandrene
7. 3-Carene
8. α-Terpinene
9. Ocimene
10. Limonene
11. Eucalyptol
12. γ-Terpinene
13. Terpinolene
14. Sabinene hydrate
15. Linalool
16. Fenchone
17. Fenchol
18. Isopulegol
19. Camphor
20. Isoborneol
21. Menthol
22. Caryophyllene oxide
23. Borneol
24. Terpineol
25. Nerol
26. Geraniol
27. Pulegone
28. Geranyl acetate
29. Cedrol
30. α-Cedrene
31. β-Caryophyllene
32. α-Humulene
33. Valencene
34. Nerolidol
35. Guaiol
36. α-Bisabolol

We offer two pesticide panels, tailored to comply with industry standards for regulated pesticide testing to ensure consumer safety.

Our expanded pesticide panel includes 68 compounds, and covers various state high- and low-THC cannabis pesticide lists including NY CHP, Florida, California, Colorado, Michigan, and more:

1. Abamectin
2. Acephate
3. Acequinocyl
4. Acetamiprid
5. Aldicarb
6. Azoxystrobin
7. Bifenazate
8. Bifenthrin
9. Boscalid
10. Captan
11. Carbaryl
12. Carbofuran
13. Chlorantraniliprole
14. Chlordane
15. Chlorfenapyr
16. Chlormequat Chloride
17. Chlorpyrifos
18. Clofentezine
19. Coumaphos
20. Cyfluthrin
21. Cypermethrin
22. Daminozide
23. Diazinon
24. Dichlorvos
25. Dimethoate
26. Dimethomorph
27. Ethoprophos
28. Etofenprox
29. Etoxazole
30. Fenhexamid
31. Fenoxycarb
32. Fenpyroximate
33. Fipronil
34. Flonicamid
35. Fludioxonil
36. Hexythiazox
37. Imazalil
38. Imidacloprid
39. Kresoxim-methyl
40. Malathion
41. Metalaxyl
42. Methiocarb
43. Methomyl
44. Methyl parathion
45. Mevinphos
46. MGK 264
47. Myclobutanil
48. Naled
49. Oxamyl
50. Paclobutrazol
51. Pentachloronitrobenzene
52. Permethrins
53. Phosmet
54. Piperonyl butoxide
55. Prallethrin
56. Propiconazole
57. Propoxur
58. Pyrethrins
59. Pyridaben
60. Spinetoram
61. Spinosad
62. Spiromesifen
63. Spirotetramat
64. Spiroxamine
65. Tebuconazole
66. Thiacloprid
67. Thiamethoxam
68. Trifloxystrobin

Our NJMCP specific pesticide panel covers New Jersey required pesticides for a total of 48 pesticides quantified:

1. Abamectin
2. Acetamiprid
3. Aldicarb
4. Ancymidol
5. Azoxystrobin
6. Bifenazate
7. Bifenthrin
8. Boscalid
9. Carbaryl
10. Carbofuran
11. Chlorantraniliprole
12. Chlorpyrifos
13. Clofentezine
14. Cyfluthrin
15. Daminozide
16. Diazinon
17. Dichlorvos
18. Dimethomorph
19. Ethephon
20. Etoxazole
21. Fenpyroximate
22. Fipronil
23. Flonicamid
24. Fludioxonil
25. Flurprimidol
26. Hexythiazox
27. Imazalil
28. Imidacloprid
29. Kresoxim-Methyl
30. Malathion
31. Metalaxyl
32. Methiocarb
33. Methomyl
34. Myclobutanil
35. Naled
36. Oxamyl
37. Paclobutrazol
38. Permethrins
39. Phosmet
40. Piperonyl Butoxide
41. Propiconazole
42. Pyrethrins
43. Spinosad
44. Spiromesifen
45. Spirotetramat
46. Thiacloprid
47. Thiamethoxam
48. Trifloxystrobin

With advanced screening equipment and methodologies, our testing targets these compounds produced by fungi, which are extremely toxic. We detect the presence of Ochratoxin A, Aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 at parts per billion concentrations with LCMS.

Cannabis has an unusually high tendency to uptake heavy metals from its surrounding environment. We test for heavy metals and other elements using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). We test for the following metals:

1. Antimony
2. Arsenic
3. Cadmium
4. Chromium
5. Lead
6. Mercury
7. Nickel
8. Selenium

Monitoring nutrient uptake during the cultivation cycle can help dial in your nutrient program and diagnose any nutrient-related disorders. We test for nutrients and other elements using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). We test for the following nutrients:

1. Boron
2. Calcium
3. Copper
4. Iron
5. Magnesium
6. Manganese
7. Molybdenum
8. Phosphorus
9. Potassium
10. Sulfur
11. Zinc

We test extracted cannabis oil and infused products for residual hydrocarbon solvents and associated impurities by employing Headspace Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (HS-GC-MS). We test for the following residual solvents:

1. Trichloroethylene
2. Methylene chloride
3. Chloroform
4. Benzene
5. 1,2-Dichloroethane
6. 1,1-Dichloroethene
7. Ethylene oxide
8. Hexane
9. Acetonitrile
10. Toluene
11. Total Xylenes
12. Methanol
13. Propane
14. Pentane
15. Acetone
16. Ethyl acetate
17. Heptane
18. Butane
19. Ethyl ether
20. Isopropanol
21. Ethanol

Cannabis can be contaminated with pathogenic microbes such as Aspergillus, Salmonella, and STEC, which are harmful for human consumption. The presence of high levels of general bacteria or yeast and mold may be indicative of a poorly maintained growing or manufacturing environment. Our panel provides presence / absence information for pathogens, and we measure quality indications colony-forming units (CFU).

Pathogens:

• Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
• Salmonella spp.
• Aspergillus (flavus, fumigatous, niger, terreus)
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Listeria spp.

Quality Indicators:

• Total Yeast & Mold Count
• Total Aerobic Bacteria Count
• Total Enterobacteriaceae Count
• Total Coliform Count
• E. Coli

We offer vitamin E acetate, moisture content, water activity, homogeneity, foreign materials screening and other product analyses.

Please reference the table below for the minimum sample amount required for your chosen analysis (g or mL).