Seed-to-sale
In the cannabis industry, seed-to-sale refers to a thorough process—manual or, more commonly, digital—of tracking cannabis and related products throughout the entire lifecycle, particularly to satisfy regulatory compliance requirements.[1][2][3][4]
History
An international concept of using a "tracking and tracing" system for cannabis growth and sales as "a shift from prohibition to regulation and control" has at least been discussed as early as 2003.[5] However, at least in the United States, this concept didn't begin to fully materialize until the late 2000s. In the summer of 2009, California-based Medical Marijuana, Inc. began marketing its Turnkey Collective Solution as a tool for the fledgling medical marijuana industry to "operate within the guidelines of all laws and regulations regarding the tracking of the marijuana from grow cycle to final distribution."[6] Shortly after, in 2010 and 2011, a similar concept sprung up in Colorado in the form of BioTrackTHC[7] and LeafTrack.[8] BiotrackTHC COO Dr. Moe Afaneh describes that time period around 2010 as such[7]:
In most states up to that point, seed-to-sale tracking still wasn’t required, and thus was viewed as a luxury for larger businesses who could afford it; in other words, it wasn’t really being used. Most businesses in medicinal states still didn’t know what cannabis seed-to-sale even was, but all that was about to change.
References
- ↑ Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (18 September 2018). "Massachusetts Seed-to-Sale Guidance" (PDF). https://mass-cannabis-control.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Seed-to-Sale-Tracking-Guidance-09182018-v-FINAL-for-Web.pdf. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ↑ Shortt, D. (21 September 2017). "Washington Considers Recreational Homegrown Cannabis". Canna Law Blog. Harris Bricken. https://www.cannalawblog.com/washington-considers-recreational-homegrown-cannabis/. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ↑ Lusky, M. (29 August 2017). "Member Blog: Belly Up to Cannabis Barcode Labels". National Cannabis Industry Association.
- ↑ Verbora, M. (31 October 2018). "What Does from Seed to Sale Mean in the Cannabis Industry?". Canabo Medical Corp. https://www.canabomedicalclinic.com/what-does-from-seed-to-sale-mean-in-the-cannabis-industry/. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ↑ Engelsman, E.L. (2003). "Cannabis control: The model of the WHO tobacco control treaty". International Journal of Drug Policy 14 (2003): 217–19. doi:10.1016/S0955-3959(03)00013-6. https://www.tni.org/en/issues/cannabis/item/2997-cannabis-control.
- ↑ Medical Marijuana, Inc. (25 August 2009). "Medical Marijuana Inc. May Assist Collectives to Keep Within the Guidelines of California Proposition 215". Market Wired. http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/medical-marijuana-inc-may-assist-collectives-keep-within-guidelines-california-proposition-1210108.htm. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Afaneh, M. (20 July 2017). "What Seeds to Sale Means in the Cannabis Industry". Cannabis Entrepreneur. http://www.cannapreneurmag.com/2017/07/20/seeds-sale-means-cannabis-industry/. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ↑ Swedberg, C. (4 August 2011). "Medical Marijuana Companies Use EPC Tags to Keep Things Straight". RFID Journal. https://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?8673. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
