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COLI DETECTION OF CANNABIS-INFUSED FOODS Be prepared for your next METHODS Testing infused food and beverages food safety audit How laboratories can ensure for microbial contamination should safe and efficient testing BY FRANK MEEK be done, whether or not FDA BY NEVIN PERERA insists upon it BY JESSE STANIFORTH Quality 28 FLAVOR LABELING IN 2021 What’s new in the regulatory landscape BY GWEN BUFFINGA Columns Legal Update Departments 12 CANNABIS UPDATE Will 2021 be the year of 6 FROM THE EDITORS cannabis reform? 8 NEWS & NOTES BY JOEL S. CHAPPELLE, ESQ., AND SHAWN K. STEVENS, ESQ. 40 NEW PRODUCTS 41 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY Global Interests 41 EVENTS 42 SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS Testing 14 FOOD WASTE DURING 30 IS YOUR PATHOGEN DATA COVID-19 GIVING YOU THE FULL STORY? How the pandemic has impacted How pathogen load measurements food waste at the consumer level deliver a deeper dive for meat BY AURORA A. 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