Cannabis Food Safety Culture

GTI emphasizes the importance for the cannabis industry that facilities meet strict regulations and train their workforce to develop a food safety culture.

The cannabis industry is heavily monitored and must develop a food safety culture that meets all GMPs and requirements.
The cannabis industry is heavily monitored and must develop a food safety culture that meets all GMPs and requirements.

Green Thumb Industries (GTI) is a consumer packaged goods company and retailer that manufactures and distributes a range of cannabis products. Headquartered in Chicago, the company owns and operates national retail cannabis stores called Rise. GTI has 13 manufacturing facilities, licenses for 97 retail locations, and operations across 12 U.S. markets. 

The food safety culture at its facilities is nearly identical to those at food and beverage plants, but is ramped up to meet cannabis regulations.

“If one of us fails, we all fail, especially being a new industry,” says Wendy Uhls, quality and compliance manager. “Right now, it’s not federally legal. If one of us has any sort of major incident, that could take us down. We can’t risk that. We’re doing everything that we can to make sure that doesn’t happen on our end. We must have a very specific flow with traceability that’s probably a little more than what the food industry has.”

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