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SSI’s Partnerships in the Medical Cannabis Industry

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) announced collaborative relationships with two laboratories for development of medical cannabis.
The details are as follows:

1) Partnership with Hocking College Cannabis 2) Partnership with EVIO Labs Florida
Analytic Lab.

Hocking College is regarded as an academic leader in analytical safety EVIO Labs Florida, a third-party medical marijuana testing laboratory and the
and potency testing to ensure safe medical cannabis. The laboratory first ISO accredited cannabis testing laboratory in the state,
will analyze heavy metals, pesticides, mold, fungus, and other provides inclusive cannabis testing for cannabinoid and terpene profiles,
potentially toxic substances. The lab will give students the opportu- microbiological and pesticides contamination, residual solvents, heavy metals,
nity to learn about most advanced cannabis testing instruments mycotoxins, water activity and moisture content.In this instance, SSI formed a
while they achieve their degree requirements. partnership with EVIO Labs Florida to support well-developed testing services
To support this program and enable the purchase of multiple for licensed cannabis producers and distributors who must assure their
instruments, SSI awarded Hocking College a grant as part of its products are safe for patients and compliant with state rules.
Shimadzu Partnership for Academics, Research, and Quality of Life Since EVIO Labs Florida uses state-of-the-art cannabis testing products supplied
(SPARQ) program. from SSI, it can analyze more than 1,400 samples a day. SSI products include
SSI’s support will push Hocking College to the forefront of public integrated high-performance liquid chromatographs (HPLC), triple quadrupole
health, academic training and workforce development in the Liquid Chromatograph Mass Spectrometers (LC-MS/MS), Inductively Coupled
quickly developing industry. Since the cannabis market is expected Plasma Mass Spectrometers (ICP-MS), Gas Chromatographs (GC), triple
to grow dramatically and create many new jobs, the high-tech, quadrupole Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometers (GC-MS/MS) and a
hands-on training will allow highly skilled graduates to be fully Fourier-transform infrared Spectrometer (FTIR).
prepared when entering the workforce. With their setup, EVIO Labs Florida is on the cutting edge of testing cannabis,
providing meaningful results and giving patients the confidence to know their
medicine is safe.

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