Georgia cannabis testing requirements

Required tests

• Potency
• Pesticides
• Residual solvents
• Heavy metals
• Microbials
• Mycotoxins
• Foreign matter

ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation

Required within a set period. Labs need ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (or higher) accreditation for each required testing field. A lab may register with its application pending, but must submit proof of accreditation within 180 days of approval, with one extension of up to 90 days available (Rule 351-7-.01).

Notes

• Rules: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. ch. 351-7 (Independent Laboratories). Products are tested in final packaged form (351-7-.07); the certificate-of-analysis panel is in 351-7-.08.
• Panel: cannabinoid profile (total THC including THCA and THCV, plus CBC, CBD, CBDA, CBG, CBN, CBDV), residual solvents, heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury), EPA-regulated pesticides (100 ppb or the lab's LOQ, whichever is lower), visible foreign material, microbes and mycotoxins. Terpenes are reported only if tested.
• Microbes: total aerobic bacteria 100,000 CFU/g, total yeast and mold 10,000, total coliforms 1,000, bile-tolerant gram-negative bacteria 1,000; STEC, Salmonella, and Aspergillus fumigatus, flavus, niger and terreus under 1 CFU/g.
• Mycotoxins: aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2 and ochratoxin A, each at most 20 ppb.
• If the cannabinoid results are abnormal, the certificate must also report THC isomers (such as delta-8 and delta-10 THC) and THC esters.
• SB 220 (2026) widened the program from July 1, 2026: oils, tinctures, patches, lotions, capsules, ingestibles and vaporizers, including flower for vaporization. Smoking, candies and cookies stay banned. Limits: 1,200 mg THC per package and 12,000 mg THC in possession. Until then, only low-THC oil was allowed.
• In flux: GMCC proposed amendments to ch. 351-7 (notice dated August 13, 2026; hearing September 16, 2026). They would add water activity (at most 0.65 aw for raw flower for vaporization), vitamin E acetate (non-detect in concentrate vapes) and product-specific metal and solvent limits.
• Patients buy from GMCC-licensed dispensaries or from independent pharmacies licensed by the Georgia Board of Pharmacy.