Know Your Weed: Mood's Third-Party Lab Testing Process
Mood ensures top-quality cannabis products through third-party lab testing for safety and Farm Bill compliance. Learn more about Mood’s product COAs here.
Written by Sebastian Little
Before Mood packages any product, we send it to a third-party lab to test it.
What are we testing our cannabis for? Lots of things.
Firstly, we only work with American farmers licensed for growing and manufacturing.
Beyond that, we ensure every product has a certificate of analysis (COA) to confirm the quality and help customers learn about what they’re buying or enjoying.
We mainly rely on cannabis scientists at third-party labs to ensure every product is safe and free of nasty compounds like pesticides, heavy metals, or mold.
They also confirm that every Mood product complies with the Farm Bill.
Shop our extensive variety of flower, edibles, and vapes at the Mood Shop.
Get To Know Your Weed With a Certificate of Analysis (COA)
We include a certificate of analysis (COA) from a third-party lab for every product available at Mood’s online dispensary.
You can find the COA halfway down any product page under Product Details and Dosage.
Every COA we provide features a breakdown of cannabinoids present in a product.
To have a look for yourself, check out this COA for our popular Kush Mintz flowers.
You can see its total THC levels and how those break down across specific forms of THC — i.e., THCa, Delta-8 THC, Delta-9 THC, and Delta-10 THC.
Each breakdown features a full report on the cannabinoids present, which includes those that fall outside the THC classification — i.e., cannabidiol (CBD), cannabigerol (CBG), and cannabinol (CBN).
Learn more: What is Delta-9 THC? A Guide To Its Legality, Safety & Products
Mood’s Third-Party Labs
Learn more about a few of the labs we work with to quality control our products and develop educational COAs for users.
ACS Laboratory
Check out an ACS Laboratory COA
We’re proud to test with ACS laboratory, which has earned the most Emerald Test Badge awards nationwide for its cannabis and hemp-testing facilities.
Working out of the largest state-of-the-art testing facility in the Eastern U.S., this celebrated DEA and CLIA-licensed laboratory set a high bar for accuracy, consistency, and proficiency in testing across the industry.
New Bloom Labs
Check out a New Bloom Labs COA
New Bloom Labs is a Tennessee-based lab that’s equipped to test and provide in-depth data on any cannabis-derived product.
They’re experts at breaking down plant cannabinoid potency and terpene profiles and at screening for unwanted compounds like heavy metals, mycotoxins, pesticides, or microbes.
Marin Analytics
Check out a Marin Analytics COA
Marin Analytics is a cannabis and hemp-testing facility with state-of-the-art labs and high-end services.
Well equipped at cannabinoid profiling and retesting, the Marin team provides expert analysis on concentrates and other cannabis products for Mood.
Learn more: What Makes Mood So High Quality?
FAQs on Mood’s Third-Party Testing
Q: How are Mood’s products tested for quality and cannabinoid content?
A: Initially, we only work with farmers who are licensed to grow and manufacture. We also require them to provide their own COAs.
Before packaging products sent to us, we send them to a third-party lab to be tested for unwanted materials and cannabinoid content.
Labs test and record informational data on cannabis products — i.e., total THC content, total cannabinoid content, CBD levels, and levels of specific cannabinoids like Delta-9 THC and Delta-9 THC.
Examples of third-party testing practices:
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
is an analytical chemistry technique that can separate chemical compounds.
Gas chromatography (GC)
is an analytical technique designed to measure the potency of cannabis and hemp products.
Q: Wait, what’s the Farm Bill? And how is this legal?
A: In 2018, the Agriculture Improvement Act removed hemp from the federal government’s list of controlled substances.
The legislation defines “hemp” as any cannabis product with less than 0.3% Delta-9 THC by dry weight.
All of Mood’s products comply with the Farm Bill. By using THCa — a cannabinoid that converts to Delta-9 THC when smoked or vaped — they can also help you feel the same effects as the cannabis you know and love.
Learn more: How is Mood Legal?
Q: Why do I need a COA to buy weed?
A: You don’t need a COA to buy weed. But these certificates do make it easier to find ethically produced, safe, and high-quality products.
But if you care about the products you’re consuming and want to stay safe from unwanted additives or chemical-driven farming practices — a COA can help you achieve that.
While regulations vary and, in many places, are limited around Farm Bill-compliant cannabis products, COAs offer discerning users a path to transparent consumption.
Basically, if you want to get to know your weed at all and have an easier time achieving the feelings you’re looking for, COAs give you all the tools you need to find the right products.
Check out Mood's online dispensary today for weed products that are grown, processed, and sold ethically, responsibly, and transparently.