The documentation that cGMP requires is also required by OSHA, and is the perfect place to starton the path to having complete worker safety compliance. Many of our clients will finish up their cGMP Certification and then have Allay Consultingfinish out all of their OSHA required documentation and training as well. Once you have a couple OSHA items in place, I think company leaders see how important it is to protect their employees and decide it’s a good idea to become fully complaint. Also, OSHA is one of the highest fining departments in theUS and if there is a complaint, they have jurisdiction to investigate in all cannabis facilities, so having anything in place will help lower those fines if a visit does happen.
Media opportunities are a paramount way to show how your company shines.Press releases and articles about the company usually happen when you have something to talk about. This is a great opportunity to brag about your accomplishments and you deserve to! Becoming cGMP or any other accredited certification for health and safety is not easy. You should be posting the certification on the website, getting articles in media outlets, doing podcasts, and obviously putting out a press release. These tactics have greatly helped other companies we have worked with after certification is received. You should have pride in your company's
accomplishments, and when you actually have an accomplishment like this you should be talking about it.
Most of our clients are on a long term certification path that consists of first recieving cGMP mCertification,then ISO 9001, and then ISO 22000. This will be the way of the world. The longer hemp/cannabis are on the market the more and more these kinds of regulations and certifications will be required. Eventually all will be federally legalized and not only will you be dealing with all state and local regulatory factions but that will all be topped by the FDA and OSHA as well. Receiving these certifications will make the federalization transition practically painless, because most of what is required by the FDA will be already addressed and implemented in your facilities. Companies that aren’t thinking about the big picture, andaren’t even thinking about becoming compliant with these standards,eventually will be paying the price. The reason we set our clientson this path is there is evidence that ISO 22000 will be required for international commerce to most other countriesmuch the same as many wholesale foods.
The Canadian government is even thinking about requiring all of their cannabis facilities to be compliant to this standard,