Overview

The Office of Cannabis Management is charged with the permitting of laboratories, establishing testing protocols and standards used by laboratories, and ensuring the laboratories and their staff have the skills, resources and expertise needed to accurately and consistently perform required testing to protect public health and safety as well as enforcement of the provisions under Part 130.

At this time, the Office is not seeking laboratories to perform testing of adult-use and medical cannabis products in NYS. The application window ended on March 31, 2023. The OCM is still soliciting firms to perform third party sampling of adult-use and medical cannabis products in NYS.

Laboratory Application

The Office of Cannabis Management is not accepting applications at this time.  The application window for laboratory permits closed on 3/31/2023. Permitted laboratories are required to notify the Office of a change in ownership, location, scope of testing, technical staff, and major instrument. Please complete and submit the appropriate form(s) listed below.

Laboratory Guidance, Standards and Approved Methods

A cannabis laboratory must ensure that it has a documented quality system and follows the guidance, standards and approved methods established by the Office of Cannabis Management. The New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) methods are still valid for use under the Office of Cannabis Management for testing both medical and adult use cannabis.

 

NYS DOH Approved Medical Marijuana Methods - Contact OCM for copy of approved method.

 

Laboratory Quality System Standard 

Permitted Laboratories

 

Permit # (OCM-CPL-XXXX)Lab NameCityCannabinoids (including d-10 THC)Filth/Foreign MaterialMetals (Heavy)Microbiology*Moisture Content

Mycotoxins

/Aflatoxins

PesticidesResidual SolventsTerpenesWater Activity

00001

ACT Laboratories

Halfmoon

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

       x

x

00002

Lexachrom Analytical Laboratory, LLC

Freeport

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

00004

Phyto-Farma Labs, LLC

Warwick

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

00005

Biotrax Testing Laboratory

Cheektowaga

x

x

x**

x

x

x**

x**

x**

        x**

x

00006

Kaycha Labs NY

Albany

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

       x

x

00007

Keystone State Testing of NY

Vestal

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

      x

x

00008

MCR

Utica

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

00009

Certified Testing and Data (CTND)

Menands

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

00010

Botannis Labs NY Corp

Hauppauge

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

 

x

x

00011

Reliable Labs Inc. dba DRS Testing

Buffalo

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

00012

Certainty Analytical Labs

Rochester

x

x**

x**

x**

x

x**

x**

x**

x**

x**

00013

Green Analytics NY

Pearl River

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

00014

Coral Reef Labs New York

Johnson City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

00016

Aardwolf Labs NY LLC dba New Bloom Labs

East Syracuse

x

   

x

     

00018

Falkor Laboratories, LLC

East Syracuse

    

x

     

00021

Dope Diagnostics

Pearl River

 

x

        

 

*Microbiology includes Total Yeast and Mold, Total Viable Aerobic Bacteria, and Pathogenic Bacteria (Aspergillus, Salmonella, STEC E. coli)

 

**Permitted lab subcontracting scope to test for analyte group

 

Note - Full scope of testing is required for final product testing.

Permitted Laboratories that do not have full scope of testing may work with other permitted laboratories to satisfy the scope of testing final product.  Contact the laboratories you wish to utilize to discuss options that may be available and learn more about available testing capacity.

Laboratories that are not yet approved for full scope testing are authorized to provide process control and research and development testing for licensees.

Resources

Contact the Office of Cannabis Management

Health and Safety Unit

Contact us by phone: 1-888-OCM-5151 ( 1-888-626-5151)

Contact us by email: [email protected]