Ziel Helps Cannabis Growers Protect Their Investment

Commercial cultivators know that compliance is king. If a grower’s products don’t pass the required testing for contamination, they can’t be sold in regulated markets.

Most legal cannabis markets require testing for pesticides, heavy metals, and microbial contamination. Compliance with pesticide and heavy metals requirements is relatively straightforward and can be accomplished with proper operating procedures. However, as cultivators in California and regulated markets worldwide are aware, maintaining control over microbial contamination is a constant challenge. That’s where the decontamination company Ziel comes in.

In an Interview with IgniteIt, Ziel CEO Arthur de Cordova says the company’s name was inspired by its mission.

“Ziel is actually a German word. It means target,” de Cordova explains. “And what we do as a company is we target microbial pathogens.”

Ziel’s radio frequency decontamination solution was developed to ensure that agricultural products, such as nuts, seeds, dates, and prunes, were safe for consumption. As the regulated cannabis market began to take shape, Ziel started helping licensed growers protect their investments with technology that uses specific bands of the electromagnetic spectrum to reduce microbial contamination.

“We were the first company to commercialize a microbial decontamination solution for cannabis,” says de Cordova. “We began in 2015, so we’ve been at this for 10 years. And so we bring a wealth of knowledge to the industry.”

Read the full article, here - by AJ Harrington