Protect your brand with supplemental pesticide analysis.
As the cannabis industry evolves, ensuring the safety and quality of cannabis products is more important than ever.
While additional pesticide testing (sometimes referred to as Category 4 or Cat 4) may not be required, it’s increasingly used by brands to strengthen transparency in quality and support higher demand for their product. SC Labs offers two expanded pesticide testing options at our California lab: the ECCO Certification Pesticides Test Panel (156 compounds) for comprehensive screening and the CA Select: Pymetrozine Focused Panel (11 compounds) for a more focused approach that addresses a major risk exposed by the 2024 LA Times/Weedweek investigation.
Two ECCO-level options. Built for how you test.
Expanded panels for California brands
- ECCO Certification Pesticides Test Panel (156 compounds) supports expanded ECCO-level screening
- CA Select: Pymetrozine Focused Panel (11 compounds) supports focused screening on the 11 most common pesticide analytes used to evade DCC detection
Specialized test methodology for rapid, repeatable results
- High-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
- Microextraction testing process available to screen biomass
Easy, secure access to your test data
- Fast pesticide testing turnaround
- Instant notifications throughout the testing process
- Customer Service Portal streamlines reporting and data management
What does ECCO-aligned pesticide testing include?
ECCO-aligned pesticide screening helps cannabis brands strengthen product safety programs beyond baseline compliance requirements. To support different testing strategies, SC Labs offers two panel options at our California lab—one focused and one comprehensive.
How do they compare?
ECCO Certification Pesticides Test Panel
This panel provides expanded pesticide, fungicide, and PGR coverage designed to align with ECCO-level analyte expectations—supporting brands that want broader contaminant screening and a more future-ready quality program. View full analyte list.
CA Select: Pymetrozine Focused Panel
This focused option is often used by brands that prefer targeted screening for defined risk priorities, routine monitoring, and streamlined testing workflows. It covers the following 11 harmful pesticides:
| Analyte | Common Name | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Buprofezin | Courier, Talus, Centaur, ZaProzin, Apple | Insecticide |
| Cyprodinil | Unix, Chorus, Stereo, Switch, Vanguard, Acanto Prima | Fungicide |
| Fenvalerate | Fenhit, Sumicidin, Prdrin | Insecticide |
| Fluopyram | ILEVO, Copeo, Luna | Fungicide for turfgrass disease |
| Isoprocarb* | Mipcin, MIPC | Carbamate insecticide |
| Methoprene | Pharorid, Dianex, Apex, Fleatrol, Ovitrol, Extinguish and Diacon | Insecticide |
| Methamidophos* | Monitor, Taparon, Filitrox, Tarn Patrole, Estrella, Nitofol, Swipe, Nuratron | Organophosphate insecticide, highly toxic to mammals, birds, and microcrustaceans |
| Propargite* | Omite, Mitex, Comite, Dhanuka, SIMBAA, Ju Zero | Insecticide to control mites. Sulfite ester group miticide that works on contact and fumigation |
| Propyzamide* | Benzamide, Clanex, Kerb, PH-315 Rapier, Ronamid | Herbicide, weed control |
| Pymetrozine* | Endeavor, Denevir, Fulfill, Relay, Sterling, Plenum, Chess | Aphids, whiteflies |
| Pyrimethanil* | Scala, Mythos, Penbotec 400 SC, Sari TF, Soleas, Philabuster 400 SC, Vision, Clarinet, Walabi | Pre- and post-harvest against molds, mildew, and rusts |
*NEW ANALYTE – new analyte, not yet ISO accredited
Protect Your Brand and Consumers
Ensuring that your cannabis products are free from harmful pesticides is vital to maintaining your brand’s reputation and consumer trust. SC Labs offers ECCO-aligned pesticide testing options in California to help you choose the right level of coverage for your products and quality program—whether you need comprehensive screening or targeted monitoring.
With these two panel options, SC Labs helps cultivators, manufacturers, and distributors strengthen their contaminant control strategy with confidence.
Ready to take the next step? Contact SC Labs today to select the panel that best fits your compliance goals and risk priorities.
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