Marijuana Business Magazine July 2019

Marijuana Business Magazine | July 2019 86 4 Enrich Samples After the samples are weighed and split into Whirl-Pak bags, they are enriched with a liquid broth medium. Nonspecific liquid mediums support the growth of a wide range of fungal and bacterial organisms. The amount of media that is added depends on the weight of the sample. If too much is added to a sample, it can dilute the contaminants; if too little is added, the contaminants can become concentrated and skew the lab results. Laboratory analysts at Rm3 use a stationary dispenser to introduce the media so there is less chance of contamination. It can be adjusted to dispense the correct amount of liquid for each sample’s weight in a single pump. A Day in the Life