Health Canada Pre-Roll Compliance

The single most important thing for any cannabis LP is remaining in compliance with the Health Canada regulations.

And not only does that mean staying up to code with your license and your facility, but meeting every Health Canada standard for testing of your cannabis and cannabis products, like pre-rolls, to ensure that your work is not wasted and you can get those products in stores.

So what are the Health Canada standards for pre-rolls? And how can you be sure that your rolling paper won't cause a failed lab test?

The Pre-Roll Experts are here to help!

Health Canada Compliance Standards for Pre-Rolls

Health Canada's cannabis compliance standards are no joke. They are stricter than any U.S. market and are generally considered to be the strictest in the world. Under Health Canada compliance standards, all legal cannabis products, including pre-rolls, must be tested for potency, pesticides, heavy metals and microbial contamination.

The tests must be conducted by an accredited lab, either third-party or Health Canada's own Cannabis Laboratory, which is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 and supports inspection and scientific standards for cannabis analysis.

Health Canada requires testing for 96 different pesticides, more than any U.S. state market, including California, with different standards for fresh cannabis plants, dried cannabis and cannabis oil.

According to Health Canada, the pesticide active ingredients list and the legal limits it sets are reviewed periodically and revised as needed, based on Health Canada's monitoring of the industry for pesticide active ingredients and advances in chemical analysis technology.

Pre-Rolls Tested in Final Form

And while all flower must be run through Health Canada's compliance testing standards, all products, including pre-rolls, must be tested in their final form.

For pre-rolls, this means that lab testing must be done on a packed and completed pre-roll, meaning your rolling papers or pre-rolled cones must be part of the testing.

That's why it's so important that you can trust your pre-rolled cone supplier and the products that they offer. Because here's the catch: there are no testing requirements on rolling papers or pre-rolled cones and tubes. And that has led to not only interesting findings from other laboratories, but even recalls or batches of product having to be destroyed.

For example, a study done by California's SC Labs found that 11% of rolling papers tested during a recent study would fail testing. The lab purchased 118 products from Amazon and several smoke shops in the Santa Cruz, Calif. area. Its scientists tested 101 for heavy metals and 112 for pesticide contamination.

At least one heavy metal was detected in 90% of the rolling paper products with 8% containing at least one heavy metal in concentrations above the allowable limits. Pesticides were detected in 16% of the samples with 5% coming in over the allowable action limits.

More recently, California officials issued a recall of a specific pre-roll product after Aspergillus, a dangerous mold that when ingested can suppress the immune system and cause liver damage, was discovered in the product. And while it is unknown if the paper or flower caused the failure, a recall was not issued at the same time on packs of the flower, just the pre-rolls.

Cones Canada Pre-Rolled Cones are Always Tested

The best way to avoid your pre-rolls landing on the wrong side of a lab test is to buy pre-rolled cones that have already been tested.

At Cones Canada, we always independently lab test all our products for pesticides, heavy metals and microbials. And we not only meet all Canadian standards, we exceed them, testing for 106 pesticides, including all 96 on the Health Canada compliance list.

Cones Canada also test for heavy metals, microbials and mycotoxins to ensure that your pre-rolls are as clean as the flower you put into them and will never be the reason your brand fails a compliance test.

We don't have to, but you deserve to know. And we keep all the documentation on hand in case you need it.

So when you're choosing a partner for your pre-roll supplies, contact the Pre-Roll Experts at Cones Canada. Our always-tested pre-rolled cones are ready to ship directly from our Mississauga, Ontario warehouse with no additional fees, tariffs or duties from international orders. And because we ship from Canada, you can pay for your cones in Canadian dollars with no fees, exchange rates or complications from currency conversions.

In all, you get the cleanest pre-rolled cones on the market at a savings of 10-18% and 1-3 days shipping over cones from international companies.

Contact the Pre-Roll Experts at Cones Canada today to take your pre-roll line to the next level.