The Berkeley branch of cannabis testing company EVIO Labs wouldn’t look out of place in any biotech or pharmaceutical company. Inside the laboratory workers swirl multi-colored test tubes and analyze samples in mass spectrometers.
At the lab, a range of products including flower, edibles and concentrates are subjected to a battery of tests to determine potency, and contamination by pesticides, solvents and harmful bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella.