Having access to effective and accurate methods for cannabis testing is imperative to ensuring the safety of medicinal and recreational cannabis users. The American Herbal Products Association and the ...

The system of controls in Canada for fish sent to Europe has the potential to work well but an assessment has revealed a low frequency of sampling and inspections reduces its effectiveness. An audit ...

The literature review presented in this chapter describes the DOT certification programs and how they were developed in different ways, in part due to the flexibility found in 23 CFR 637B. Included is ...

Scotland is planning a new food sampling strategy to tackle challenges associated with the current approach to testing. The proposed model has four strands of surveillance managed and funded by Food ...

Manual sampling techniques such as hand scoop and spigot sampling are common methods with food and beverage producers and processors. These convenient and low-cost, direct methods are widely accepted ...

This appendix contains short descriptions of different certification programs related to materials sampling and testing that were referenced in the literature review. The programs are listed in ...