Hemp cultivation is living a period of renewed interest worldwide after long years of opposition and abandonment. The European Union (EU) allows and subsidizes the growing of fiber and oilseed cultivars of Cannabis sativa L. with respect to the THC content limit of 0.2%. The EU method for the quantitative determination of Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content in hemp varieties provides to apply a tolerance of 0.03 g of THC per 100 g of sample concerning compliance assessment to that limit. However, the method does not report any precision data, especially useful as a function of THC content to evaluate measurement uncertainty and therefore to establish the conformity of hemp at different THC legal limits. Measurement uncertainty of the method by both bottom-up and top-down approach, besides repeatability and reproducibility, was investigated and estimated in the THC concentration range 0.2-1.0%, which includes the different legal limits set out for hemp around the world. We proposed Decision Rules for conformity of hemp showing that a non-compliant declaration beyond reasonable doubt should be stated when the THC content, as a mean result on a duplicate analysis, exceeds the limit by at least 11-15%, depending on THC limit. We highlighted other issues concerning practical aspects of hemp analysis, from sampling to evaluation of results, as well as the need to carry out collaborative studies on the EU method.

Delta9-THC determination by the EU official method: evaluation of measurement uncertainty and compliance assessment of hemp samples / Sgrò, Salvatore; Lavezzi, Benedicta; Caprari, Cristian; Polito, Marco; D'Elia, Marcello; Lago, Giampietro; Furlan, Giada; Girotti, Stefano; Ferri, Elida Nora. - In: ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1618-2642. - 413:13(2021), pp. 3399-3410. [10.1007/s00216-021-03283-x]

Delta9-THC determination by the EU official method: evaluation of measurement uncertainty and compliance assessment of hemp samples

Polito, Marco;
2021

Abstract

Hemp cultivation is living a period of renewed interest worldwide after long years of opposition and abandonment. The European Union (EU) allows and subsidizes the growing of fiber and oilseed cultivars of Cannabis sativa L. with respect to the THC content limit of 0.2%. The EU method for the quantitative determination of Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content in hemp varieties provides to apply a tolerance of 0.03 g of THC per 100 g of sample concerning compliance assessment to that limit. However, the method does not report any precision data, especially useful as a function of THC content to evaluate measurement uncertainty and therefore to establish the conformity of hemp at different THC legal limits. Measurement uncertainty of the method by both bottom-up and top-down approach, besides repeatability and reproducibility, was investigated and estimated in the THC concentration range 0.2-1.0%, which includes the different legal limits set out for hemp around the world. We proposed Decision Rules for conformity of hemp showing that a non-compliant declaration beyond reasonable doubt should be stated when the THC content, as a mean result on a duplicate analysis, exceeds the limit by at least 11-15%, depending on THC limit. We highlighted other issues concerning practical aspects of hemp analysis, from sampling to evaluation of results, as well as the need to carry out collaborative studies on the EU method.
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Delta9-THC determination by the EU official method: evaluation of measurement uncertainty and compliance assessment of hemp samples / Sgrò, Salvatore; Lavezzi, Benedicta; Caprari, Cristian; Polito, Marco; D'Elia, Marcello; Lago, Giampietro; Furlan, Giada; Girotti, Stefano; Ferri, Elida Nora. - In: ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1618-2642. - 413:13(2021), pp. 3399-3410. [10.1007/s00216-021-03283-x]
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