by Jill Ellsworth | Aug 4, 2026 | Compliance, QA & Testing
Missouri cannabis compliance audit prep starts with one unglamorous truth: if you cannot pull the record quickly, it might as well not exist. You can have a good team, a clean facility, and solid product, then still get tripped up because a log is missing, a Metrc... 
by Jill Ellsworth | Aug 3, 2026 | Compliance, QA & Testing
Batch release cannabis Florida is about to feel a whole lot stricter, and if you run a Florida MMTC, you will feel it everywhere, from cultivation schedules to label printing to how fast product actually hits shelves. I’m the owner of Willow, and I talk with operators... 
by Jill Ellsworth | Jul 29, 2026 | Compliance, QA & Testing
Pennsylvania cannabis QA program planning is one of the only levers you still fully control before adult-use turns every “we’ll fix it later” into a scramble. If you build your quality system while you are still running medical volumes, you get to make calm, smart... 
by Jill Ellsworth | Jul 23, 2026 | Compliance, QA & Testing
Ohio cannabis GMP expectations are tightening up, and you can feel it in the day-to-day: more questions from partners, more pressure on turnaround times, and a lot less patience for “we’ll fix it after this batch.” If QA is still mostly a final checkpoint at your... 
by Jill Ellsworth | Jun 30, 2026 | Compliance, QA & Testing
Illinois cannabis testing labs can look at the same batch and hand you two different stories, and if you operate in this state you already know how fast that turns into a scheduling headache. One COA can mean a smooth release. Another can mean a hold, a rework plan,... 
by Jill Ellsworth | Jun 15, 2026 | Compliance, QA & Testing
New York cannabis lab capacity is the thing that can take a strong harvest and turn it into a pile of finished inventory that just sits. If you treat testing like a simple last step, you will feel it fast in New York. It is scheduling, paperwork, chain-of-custody, and...