Quality Control Flashcards
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In METRC, when a batch fails a state-mandated quality control test, what is the required next action?
Answer: Record the failed test result in METRC and place the package on hold
Failed test results must be entered in METRC and the package placed on hold to prevent sale or transfer until remediation or destruction.
Which METRC field indicates that a package has been submitted to a third-party lab for quality assurance testing?
Answer: Lab sample transfer recorded in METRC
Submitting a lab sample is recorded as a specific transfer in METRC, creating an auditable chain of custody for the sample.
A cultivator wants to composite samples from multiple plants of the same harvest batch for a single QC test. What METRC requirement governs this?
Answer: Compositing must follow state-defined sampling protocols linked to the harvest batch UID
State sampling protocols define how composites may be formed and require the sample to be traceable back to the originating harvest batch UID in METRC.
What happens to a package's status in METRC once a passing Certificate of Analysis (COA) is linked to it?
Answer: The package becomes eligible for sale or transfer per state rules
Attaching a passing COA updates the package's testing status, making it compliant and eligible for downstream transfer or sale.
During a QC inspection, an inspector finds that a licensee's METRC package weight differs from the physical weight by more than the allowable variance. Which best describes the correct resolution?
Answer: The licensee adjusts the package quantity in METRC with an adjustment reason code
Weight discrepancies are corrected through METRC's quantity adjustment feature, which requires selecting an approved reason code for the variance.
A dispensary receives a cannabis package and suspects contamination upon inspection. Under METRC QC protocols, what is the proper first step?
Answer: Accept the package but quarantine it, then record a reject or return transfer in METRC
Suspected contamination requires quarantine and proper METRC documentation of a rejected or returned transfer to maintain chain-of-custody integrity.
Which quality control scenario would require creating a remediation batch entry in METRC?
Answer: A failed flower package re-processed into a concentrate to reduce contaminant levels
Re-processing a failed product into a new form (remediation) requires a new METRC production batch that is traceable to the original failed package.