The scope of a class-action lawsuit targeting Organigram has been expanded to cover allegations that the cultivator’s pesticide-tainted medical marijuana made patients sick before it was recalled, according to CBC News.
The initial suit alleged that Organigram’s “design, development, testing, manufacturing, distribution, sale and marketing of its purported organic medical cannabis were negligent” and that the MMJ was “unsafe and harmful,” the news outlet reported.
Organigram’s product was marketed as “100% organic cannabis” when the discovery of unauthorized pesticides prompted the recall. The company lost its organic certification.
Organigram said it conducted an “extensive investigation” but was unable to determine how the banned pesticide myclobutanil ended up in its cannabis.
Amid calls for stricter product testing standards, Health Canada started unannounced inspections at licensed cannabis cultivators in February to ensure that only registered pesticides are used.
There have been eight medical marijuana recalls in Canada this year.
