Aurum Labs Becomes the First Fully Certified Marijuana Testing Facility on the Western Slope

Durango, CO, July 17, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Aurum Laboratories, LLC announced today that the Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) has provisionally certified Aurum’s Microbial Testing method, which makes Aurum the fourth laboratory in Colorado to obtain all three of the currently available method certifications.

Colorado is now more than 18 months into legal recreational marijuana sales and the industry is flourishing. Many out of state visitors have been contributing to Colorado’s revenue base by shopping at recreational marijuana stores. As prices decrease, Coloradans are purchasing from recreational marijuana stores more frequently. With more legal marijuana being consumed, the need to have safety tested and properly labeled product is more important than ever.

We are entering into a new era of Marijuana regulation and we will learn a great deal in the upcoming years. The industry is growing rapidly and consumers want to know that the products they are purchasing are safe. Aurum Labs has built the infrastructure to provide consistent safety testing results to enable consumers to make well- informed purchasing decisions

Matthew, Ryle, Ph.D.

A valuable but overlooked sector of the industry is the analytical laboratory testing that provides consumers and producers with accurate product information. The premier licensed Retail Marijuana Testing Facilities in Colorado have been working to develop and validate testing methods to meet Colorado’s stringent safety criteria. Aurum Labs of Durango, CO rapidly obtained all currently available state certifications for potency and safety testing.

“I am extremely grateful for our amazing team of scientists that have worked tirelessly to develop and validate our cutting-edge Cannabis testing methods in record time,” said Tyler D’Spain, Co-Founder and Operations Manager at Aurum Labs. “Our business faced a significant time setback due to the local licensing moratorium on marijuana businesses. Despite cannabis testing labs on the Front Range having a significant head start, we managed to gain the three state certifications before 15 of the 19 labs that are currently licensed.”

Aurum anticipates mandatory Microbial Testing of Retail Marijuana to begin by the end of 2015. Once the required Microbial Testing is enforced, all Retail Marijuana and Retail Marijuana Products will be subjected to both potency and safety testing prior to being transferred to a retail store. “We are entering into a new era of Marijuana regulation and we will learn a great deal in the upcoming years. The industry is growing rapidly and consumers want to know that the products they are purchasing are safe. Aurum Labs has built the infrastructure to provide consistent safety testing results to enable consumers to make well- informed purchasing decisions,” said Matthew Ryle PhD, Laboratory Director at Aurum Labs.