Humboldt County cannabis businesses may soon have to participate in two seed-to-sale tracking systems and it’s currently unclear whether the two will be compatible.
After initiating a pilot program that began in 2016, Humboldt County is already using its track-and-trace system through the Swedish company SICPA, the same company that tracks cigarette sales in the state. But the state has chosen a different tracking system that is also used by Colorado, Oregon, Alaska and Nevada: Franwell Inc.’s METRC.
How the county and state systems will interact and whether or not one tracking program will win out over the other is currently unknown.
“Since there is currently no operating state track and trace program it is really premature to say how the county and state programs will interact and ultimately what information will eventually be shared with local jurisdictions,” county Agricultural Commissioner Jeff Dolf said.
