PHOENIXVILLE, PA — Cannaspire said it has launched new Cannabis and Hemp Expert Witness and Testing Laboratory Consulting Services, expanding its scientific, regulatory, and litigation support as the cannabis and hemp industries face heightened oversight and legal exposure.
The move comes as cannabis transitions from Schedule I to Schedule III under federal law, a shift that is reshaping regulatory expectations, litigation risk, and insurance scrutiny across the sector. Cannaspire said the new offerings are designed to support attorneys, insurers, testing laboratories, and academic institutions navigating increasingly complex compliance and scientific requirements.
“As cannabis regulation, litigation, and scientific scrutiny continue to intensify, the industry requires expert analysis that is both technically sound and defensible,” said Tracey Kauffman, founder and chairman of Cannaspire. She said the expansion positions the firm to provide clarity and credibility at a critical moment for the cannabis and hemp markets.
Cannaspire’s expert witness services include testimony and litigation support in matters involving THC testing, regulatory enforcement, economic damages, and operational compliance. The firm said its capabilities cover hemp versus marijuana differentiation using Delta-9 and total THC thresholds, review and validation of certificates of analysis, evaluation of sampling and analytical methods, chain-of-custody assessments, and laboratory licensing and accreditation reviews.
Additional services address regulatory actions and recalls, seed-to-sale tracking analysis, crop valuation and insurance claims, security and diversion incidents, and forensic review of compliance platforms such as Metrc.
The company also introduced expanded consulting services for THC and hemp testing laboratories, an area Cannaspire described as one of the most heavily regulated segments of the industry. The services are aimed at both commercial labs and academic institutions entering cannabis and hemp research.
“With cannabis moving to Schedule III, colleges and universities can now pursue federal funding for cannabis and hemp research and testing laboratories,” said Warren Harasz, Cannaspire’s chief compliance officer. He said the firm supports institutions from grant development through laboratory buildout, accreditation, and regulatory compliance.
Cannaspire said its laboratory consulting services span lab startups and expansions, business planning and financial modeling, facility layout and workflow design, equipment sourcing and validation, laboratory information management system selection, ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation support, quality system documentation, and field service engineering.
The company said the expanded offerings reflect growing demand for defensible scientific and regulatory expertise as cannabis and hemp operations face tighter oversight and higher expectations from regulators, courts, and insurers.
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