Colorado Officials Issue Advisory Over Potentially Moldy Cannabis Flower

Colorado regulators issued a Health and Safety Advisory Dec. 15 over potentially moldy cannabis flower produced by adult-use licensee 240 Arthur Avenue LLC, which does business as Rivus Fine Cannabis.

The advisory, issued by the Colorado Department of Revenue (DOR) in conjunction with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), stems from potentially unsafe levels of total yeast, mold and aspergillus in two harvest batches of adult-use flower produced by Rivus Fine Cannabis, Retail Marijuana Cultivation License 403R-01197.

Dispensaries sold the potentially contaminated products between Sept. 17 and Oct. 12. A full list of affected harvest batches, as well as the retailers where they were sold, can be found below.

Regulators urge consumers who have the affected products to destroy them or return them to the dispensary where they were purchased for proper disposal. Those who experience adverse health effects from consuming the potentially contaminated products should report it using a MED Reporting Form.

Total Yeast and Mold and Aspergillus Contaminated Harvest Batches:

• DurbanKush220816
• SuperBoof220907

The affected flower was sold at the following dispensaries:

• 402R-00755 Rocky Farms LLC doing business as Rocky Farms located at 1709 Swink Avenue, Rocky Ford, CO 81067
• 402R-00245 CCC INC doing business as The Happy Camper Cannabis Company located at 80 Rosalie Road, Bailey, CO 80421
• 402R-00526 The Cannabist Castle Supermarket & Dispensary Lounge LLC doing business as The Kind Castle located at 248 East First Street, Parachute, CO 801635
• 402R-00867 Kind Eatery LLC doing business as The Kind Castle located at 690 West Victory Way, Craig, CO 81625
• 402R-00853 Kind Nederland LLC doing business as The Kind Castle located at 98 South Highway 119, Nederland, CO 81602