{"id":52737,"date":"2020-07-11T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T16:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-dispensarys-marijuana-recalled-for-unapproved-pesticide-use\/"},"modified":"2020-07-11T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T16:03:10","slug":"durango-dispensarys-marijuana-recalled-for-unapproved-pesticide-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-dispensarys-marijuana-recalled-for-unapproved-pesticide-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Durango dispensary\u2019s marijuana recalled for unapproved pesticide use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=190876a1-9cbb-4c7f-ab42-b224e8b0afb3&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1609\" alt=\"\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>A recall notice has been issued for marijuana at a Durango dispensary after state investigators found an unapproved pesticide was used during production.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s Marijuana Enforcement Division on Thursday issued an \u201cimmediate health and safety advisory\u201d because of potentially unsafe pesticide residues used on marijuana produced by Kinfolk Farms.<\/p>\n<p>The owner of Kinfolk Farms did not respond to requests for comment. The shop is located at 83 Davidson Creek Road near Three Springs.<\/p>\n<p>According to the recall notice, products are deemed \u201ca threat to public health and safety\u201d when pesticides have been used on them that have not been approved for use on marijuana by the Colorado Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Shannon Gray, spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Revenue, said Kinfolk Farms self-reported the situation, and \u201cindicated the prohibited pesticide spinosad was used on the affected product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She did not answer follow up questions about the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The specific batches recalled are \u201cBlueDream021720\u201d and \u201cMaiTaiFR11292020.\u201d Those names should appear on the packages sold.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who purchased those products should return them to Kinfolk Farms for proper disposal.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who may experience health issues should seek medical attention immediately, the recall notice said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kinfolk-farms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the company\u2019s website<\/a>, Kinfolk Farms was established in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur plants are pesticide-free and are regularly tested for purity and consistency,\u201d the website says.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:jromeo@durangoherald.com\">jromeo@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>investigators say anyone who purchased items should return them immediately<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,135,29,668,1819],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-52737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-marijuana","tag-newsletter","tag-public-health","tag-recalls-products"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52737"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=52737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}