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Product Safety and Labeling <br />Consumer Safety <br />Harborside San Leandro (HSL) is committed to promoting the health and safety of our patients, their <br />families, and their communities. To ensure the safety of the medicine we provide to patients, all cannabis <br />material must be rigorously tested for the presence of molds, microbes, and other contaminants. During <br />their prior experience at our sister dispensary Harborside Health Center (HHC) in Oakland, the members <br />of our HSL executive management team recognized the need for standardized laboratory testing. That <br />foresight prompted HHC to support creating the first-ever cannabis -testing laboratory, and to be the first <br />medical cannabis establishment in the country to mandate universal lab testing for all its products. HHC <br />has been an industry leader in medical cannabis product safety, offering our community of patients a <br />best -in -class quality assurance program, capable of verifying the safety of the large volume of cannabis <br />material offered for sale. <br />Contamination and Potency Testing' <br />Our medical cannabis quality -assurance program requires tests to be carried out by an independent <br />laboratory. In addition to safety testing for the presence of mold, microbes and other contaminants, <br />these labs measure the "cannabinoid profile" of each sample. A cannabinoid profile report indicates the <br />relative concentration of several medically active compounds present in the cannabis material, including <br />delta -9 (trans) tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabinol (CBN). These profiles give <br />patients and caregivers the tools they need to select medicine containing the proper ratio and potency <br />of active compounds to optimally treat their particular ailment. For example, a great deal of media <br />attention recently focused on exploring medicines with a high concentration of cannabidiol (CBD), a non - <br />psychoactive compound in the cannabis plant which has been found to be particularly effective against <br />a variety of ailments, including Dravet Syndrome (a rare form of childhood epilepsy with hundreds of <br />sufferers nationwide). Similarly, various other conditions have been shown to improve when treated with <br />medicines displaying unique cannabinoid profiles. <br />As described in the Business Plan, all medical cannabis products delivered to HSL will be acquired through <br />our sister dispensary, Harborside Health Center (HHC) in Oakland, and will be carefully tracked using MJ <br />Freeway software at each stage during inspection, packaging and sale. The purchasing department at <br />HHC will conduct an on-site inspection on all incoming products using 30x -200x microscopes, to ensure <br />no mold, pests, eggs, hairs, etc., are present. After this initial inspection, HHC will have comprehensive <br />lab tests completed on all medicines prior to shipment to HSL. In this way, HSL will benefit from the <br />experience of HHC's veteran intake and quality assurance staff, and ensure that unsafe medicine never <br />reaches the premises. Any medical cannabis found to be non-compliant with our safety standards will be <br />disposed of or destroyed safely and securely as instructed by the San Leandro City Manager .3 <br />As part of our quality assurance program, all products at HSL will be tested for potency and <br />contamination, with results recorded in MJ Freeway prior to sale. Testing metrics include: <br />San Leandro Municipal Code Section 4-33-500(a)(10) <br />http://goo.gl/NPYssx <br />San Leandro Municipal Code Section 4-33-500(a)(9) <br />Application to Operate a Medical Cannabis Dispensary. Harborside Health Center -San Leandro. July 2, 2015. <br />THC% <br />THCA% <br />CBD% <br />CBN% <br />Terpene <br />Ana ysis <br />Foreign <br />Matter <br />Inspection <br />Micro -bio ogica <br />Screening <br />F owers <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />Non -So vent Extracts <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />So vent Extracts <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />NO <br />YES <br />Edib es <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />NO <br />NO <br />YES <br />Topica s <br />YES <br />YES <br />YES <br />NO <br />NO <br />NO <br />NO <br />San Leandro Municipal Code Section 4-33-500(a)(10) <br />http://goo.gl/NPYssx <br />San Leandro Municipal Code Section 4-33-500(a)(9) <br />Application to Operate a Medical Cannabis Dispensary. Harborside Health Center -San Leandro. July 2, 2015. <br />