Michigan’s largest marijuana testing lab is continuing its legal assault on state regulators, alleging in a new motion in court that regulators are withholding evidence stemming from a 2021 recall.
Bay City-based Viridis North LLC and the Cannabis Regulatory Agency have been wrapped up in litigation for two years over the recall of products tested by the lab. The state agency alleged Viridis’ testing results on 64,000 pounds of marijuana product contained “inaccurate and/or unreliable results.” The value of the recalled product at the time was roughly $229 million.
The recall sent the industry into a brief spiral as more than 400 retailers across the state had the product on shelves. Viridis alleged the recall covered upwards of 70% of marijuana product on store shelves for recreational use.
Viridis quickly sued the CRA (then known as the Marijuana Regulatory Agency) in November 2021 over what it said was harassment and retaliation from the agency. The Michigan Court of Claims ruled in December 2021 that the CRA must lift its recall on about half of the products in question.
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