Connecting the Links to Cannabis Chain-of-Custody

Let’s talk about the ultimate secure chain-of–custody solution across global supply chains.

November 3, 2020

John Shearman

Imagine a unique physical identifier that you can apply to marijuana and hemp plants and their by-products at parts per billion, but you can’t see it with the human eye, and it’s 100% safe to ingest according to the FDA. Talk about the ultimate secure chain-of–custody solution across global supply chains.

Let’s play this out. First a vial of molecular tag concentrate is made in New York, entered into a secure web portal and shipped to a cultivator or processor in California or England that will apply it at the point of origin. They must receive the vials into their inventory and update the inventory section in the portal. Before applying the tag, they must first invoke a tagging session within the secure portal and assign vials from inventory to that tagging session linked by a batch number. If it’s being applied to flower, a fogging method is used to fog a designated room or drying room.  If it’s a being applied to oils or isolates by a processor, it is mixed into the batches at the later stage of the process.