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KCA Labs Kentucky’s Premier, Independent, Locally-Owned Hemp Testing Laboratory
February 23, 2024 – In the news: NBC WTHR 13: 13News investigation finds some Delta-8 products exceed state’s THC limit, underscoring need for regulation Read more. 
KCA Labs Kentucky’s Premier, Independent, Locally-Owned Hemp Testing Laboratory
December 16, 2023 – In the news: Forbes: Hemp: I Can Tell Your Future, Just Look What’s In Your Hand Read more.
KCA Labs Kentucky’s Premier, Independent, Locally-Owned Hemp Testing Laboratory
August 2, 2023 – In the news: Irvine Weekly: Does SUNMED Offer Superior CBD? — SUNMED CBD Spotlight Review Read more.
KCA Labs Kentucky’s Premier, Independent, Locally-Owned Hemp Testing Laboratory
July 20, 2023 – In the news: Yahoo! Finance: Real Tested CBD Found the Key to Catching a Buzz and Passing a Drug Test with Happy Fruit’s HHC Gummies Read more.
KCA Labs Kentucky’s Premier, Independent, Locally-Owned Hemp Testing Laboratory
May 8, 2023 – Press release: KCA Laboratories Announces Recent Acquisition of Minova Labs Hemp and CBD Testing Laboratory, Read more
March 29, 2023, CBD Oracle: “What Is Delta-8 THC? – Or What Many Have Called “Diet” Delta 9 THC,” Read more.
March 23, 2023, Courier-Journal: “Beshear signs bill raising legal age to buy marijuana alternative in Kentucky,” Read more. (May require subscription)
February 1, 2023, Courier-Journal: “Delta-8 is legal here, but do you know what’s in it? 5 things to know to try it safely,” Read more. (May require subscription)
KCA Labs Kentucky’s Premier, Independent, Locally-Owned Hemp Testing Laboratory
January 17, 2023 – Press release: KCA Labs Receives ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation Scope Expansion, Read more.
September 2, 2022, Hemp Industries Association: “Delta 8 THC: Are We Doing Compliance Testing Wrong?”, Read more.
July 20, 2022, Extraction Magazine: “The unknowns of Delta 8 THC,” Read more.
June 21, 2022, CISION PR Newswire: “New Third-Party Analytical Chemistry Lab Partnership to Lead the Field in Accurate and Transparent Cannabinoid Test Results,” Read more.
April 25, 2022, CBD Oracle: “Lab Study: Over 50% of Hemp Delta-9 Products Are Mislabeled, and Get You Higher Than Cannabis” Read more.
March 24, 2022, CISION PR Newswire: “Premier Hemp Labs and Leading CBD Retailer Call for Industry Reform and Standardized Testing” Read more.
January 9, 2022, Hemp Industries Association: KCA’s CEO Christopher Ware elected to board of Hemp Industries Association, Read more.
December 21, 2021, The Modern Extractor: “Analytical Lab Testing Of Cannabinoids, With Ryan Bellone Of KCA Labs” Listen to the podcast.
October 18, 2021, GenTech Scientific: “GenTech Scientific Chooses KCA Labs as October Customer of the Month” Watch the video.
October 18, 2021, FiveThirtyEight: “How Mitch McConnell Accidentally Created An Unregulated THC Market” Read more.
September 2, 2021, Yahoo! Finance: “357 Hemp Logistics Launches Consortium for Accurate Testing of Cannabis & Hemp (CATCH); Selects KCA Labs as First Member” Read more.
August 4, 2021, LEO Weekly: “Everything You Need To Know About Delta 8, The ‘Legal Weed,’ In Kentucky” Read more.
July 23, 2021, Chicago Tribune: “Wide availability of delta-8-THC — ‘weed light’ — is prompting struggle over how to regulate it” Read more.
March 19, 2021, Cannabis Science and Technology: “Richard Sams, PhD, Joins Cannabis Science and Technology®’s EAB” Read more.
Inverse: “Delta-8-THC: The Rise and Fall of a Cannabis ‘Wild West’” Read more.

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Events & Presentations

July 29, 2021

“A Delta-8 Discussion” – Moderated by Kyle Boyar

CANN Journal Club

April 9-10, 2021

CBD Expo Midwest 2021

Indianapolis, IN

December 2, 2020

“Make Hump Day Hemp Day” – Ryan Bellone, KCA Labs

Purdue University Hemp Project

May 20, 2020

“Choosing a Lab Partner” – Ryan Bellone, KCA Labs

Hemplet Farms Webinar Series

October 10, 2019

“Current Status of Regulatory Requirements for Hemp and Cannabis in the United States” – Dr. Richard Sams, KCA Labs

University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center, Lexington, KY