The Nevada Department of Taxation issued a Public Health and Safety Notice Advisory 2020-05 on February 21, 2020, advising consumers and patients to avoid consuming marijuana which was listed in the notice. The affected marijuana failed secondary microbial testing conducted by an independent testing laboratory. The cannabis was tested for yeast and mold, bile-tolerant gram-negative bacteria, coliforms, and Aspergillus. This was a follow-up advisory to Public Health and Safety Advisory 2019-03 and is part of the same investigation.

The list included the following strains: Jack Herer, Cactus OG, White OG B Blend, Wookie, Fruitcake, 13 Gorillas, Blue Zkittlez, Cherry OG-F3, Last OG, King Kong Cookies, White OG, Lavender Jones, Zombie Kush, Gelato Glue, Monster Cookies, TK Stardawg Haze, Vegas Golden Kush, Code Orange, and Purple Goats.

The products were sold at the following dispensaries, however, the statement said that there was no reason to believe that the dispensaries or cultivators had any knowledge that the products exceeded allowable limits.

• Essence
• Rise (owned by GTI or Green Thumb Industries)
• Thrive Cannabis Marketplace
• MMJ America
• Fine Cannabis Dispensary
• Jardin Premium Cannabis Dispensary
• Curaleaf
• ShowGrow
• Blum
• Nevada Made Marijuana
• Jenny’s Dispensary
• Las Vegas ReLeaf
• Sahara Wellness
• Top Notch Health Center
• Deep Roots Harvest
• Acres Cannabis
• The Source
• Thrive Cannabis Marketplace
• Exhale
• Silver Sage
• The Grove
• Oasis Cannabis and The Dispensary NV

The affected marijuana was cultivated by the following cultivators and was harvested between May 2019 and November 2019:
1. Integral Cultivation LLC (license #70155083229545863037)
2. THC Nevada LLC (license #54980305084297438991)
3. 3AP INC (license #52712498758628776807)
4. Nevada Group Wellness LLC (license # 28729875179355972226)
5. Qualcan LLC (license #35051929286907100905)
6. Franklin BioScience NV LLC (license #82088286840467115782)

CANNEX Nevada LLC, an independent marijuana testing facility, provided passing test results to the cultivators for all above-mentioned products. CANNEX had been closed in December pending a review of its lab practices. The company was subsequently approved to begin testing again provided it abide by the required steps as per the state.