This year’s event creates a crossover opportunity with the Food Safety Conference and gives cannabis professionals access to institutional expertise, while food safety experts gain a closer look at the unique quality challenges emerging in the cannabis industry.
Consumers are demanding clean, quality cannabis—and without a cold chain, the industry risks turning craft flower into commodity biomass.
Every stage of the production process including cultivation, extraction processing, manufacturing, packaging and delivery could potentially contribute elemental contaminants.
For years, much of the conversation around cannabis quality has focused on what goes into the product: potency, pesticides, solvents, microbial contamination, terpene profiles, and certificates of analysis. That scrutiny is necessary, but it stops one step too soon. Cannabis is burned in a pipe, heated inside a vaporizer cartridge, exposed to a high-temperature surface…
New peer-reviewed research from Abstrax found that lower extraction temperatures reduce wax-derived compounds without compromising cannabinoids or terpenes, potentially producing cleaner cannabis concentrates.
Brought to you by Cannabis Industry Journal, the 2026 Cannabis Quality Conference (CQC) is a business-to-business conference and expo where cannabis industry leaders and stakeholders meet to build the future of the cannabis marketplace. In a location surrounded by new market opportunities, the CQC will deliver hands-on education, networking and business discussions. The Agenda focuses on Quality Management, Shifting from Reactive to Proactive Decision-Making through Quality Management, Regulations and Standards, Testing & Analysis, Technology and Data Solutions., and Audits and Supplier Management. The venue setting, coupled with our highly focused content, creates a business meeting environment unlike anything else. The 2026 Cannabis Quality Conference (CQC) co-located with the Food Safety Consortium Conference, October 21-23, 2026 in Washington DC, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington VA directly across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. The Program includes workshops and training as part of the 2.5 days of high-level panel discussions and educational presentations.
As cannabis brands expand into new markets, standardized formulations and food science are becoming essential for consistent quality, regulatory compliance, and efficient multi-state manufacturing.
As cannabinoids move into healthcare and medical applications, suppliers must deliver more than potency, purity, and a certificate of analysis.
Federal regulation of cannabis air quality is a matter of when, not if
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