With marijuana testing soon underway, medical pot expected to hit Missouri shelves this fall – By Nassim Benchaabane (St Louis Post-Dispatch) / Sept 30 2020
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify that EKG Labs will test marijuana samples on-site at its facility in Maryland Heights.
MARYLAND HEIGHTS — Missouri inched closer this week to its first commercial marijuana sales when a laboratory here got a green light to start testing samples of pot expected to hit shelves by late October.
EKG Labs on Saturday became the first of 10 licensed medical marijuana testers to start operations after passing a state inspection.
That means marijuana currently being grown by a handful of commercial cultivators may now undergo state-required testing for safety — and potency — so it can be sold at dispensaries.
EKG expects to start testing samples of marijuana as early as next week, said Natalie Brown director of operations.
“We’re hopeful that there will be product on the shelves and dispensaries by early to mid October for the patients,” Brown said.
