ASTM D8575-25

1.2This guide is applicable to all post-harvest inflorescence of cannabis and hemp plants regardless of the regulatory classification of the plant from which they were derived.

1.3Acceptable limits for microbial contaminants of post-harvest inflorescence of cannabis and hemp plants may be defined by the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ).

1.4This guide is intended to provide techniques for lowering microbial contamination and is not intended to identify techniques that can be used to prevent microbial contamination before, during, or after any cultivation or process step.

1.5This guide does not address the methods for quantifying microbial contamination or the utilization of any of these techniques.

1.6This guide does not address techniques for lowering microbial contamination in manufactured products.

1.7This guide does not address the control of degradation of non-microbial constituents, that is anything that is not a microbe, including toxins produced by endospores of these microbes. Cannabinoids and terpenes are an example of non-microbial constituents.

1.8Units-The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

1.9This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

1.10This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.