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The Quality Assurance for Cannabis Certificate Training Program provides comprehensive technical knowledge and practical skills required to ensure cannabis products are safe, compliant, and suitable for sale or distribution under the Cannabis Act and Regulations.
Recognized by leading industry and regulatory bodies across Canada and internationally, this program equips participants to develop and implement Good Production Practices (GPP), Quality Assurance (QA) programs, and Quality Management Systems (QMS).
Trainees will learn essential aspects such as record keeping, complaint handling, recall procedures, sanitation, audits, inspections, and quality control, alongside procedures for product approval or rejection, sampling plans, test methods, and change control including CAPA and gap analysis.
Module 1
Cannabis Regulations – Overview — Current and Future
Current updates on the Cannabis Act and Regulations
Regulatory Requirements for finished products, extracted oil, distillates, edibles and medical device
Module 2
Security Requirements
License security clearance processes (CTLS)
Module 3
Selling Regulatory Requirements
Environmental controls Regulatory Requirements
Packaging Regulatory Requirements
Labels Regulatory Requirements
Shipping Regulatory Requirements
Cannabis Regulations Requirements for Quality Assurance
Module 4
Cannabis Regulations and Act Overview
Developing LP application
Regulatory requirements
Document list
Compliance program
Case study
Q&A
Module 1
GPP – Cannabis Regulation Act, Part 5
Quality Assurance Systems for Cannabis
Module 2
Overview of GxP for Cannabis:
Good Production Practices (GPP)
Cannabis Eu-GMP
Good Agriculture and Collection Practices (GACP)
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
Preventive Control Plans (PCP)
Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP)
Good Validation Practices (GVP)
Good Clinical Practices (GCP)
Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
Good Documentation Practices (GDP)
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR)
Module 3
Quality Management Systems
QMS Programs and Policies:
Control Procedures
Sanitation Program
Pest Management Program
Calibration Program
Validation Program
Training Program
Audit and Inspection Programs
Other QMS programs
Module 4
Good Production Practices (GPP) for Cannabis (GDocP)
GPP regulatory requirements and applications for:
Sales/exports
SOP
Building
Equipment
Filtration system
Sanitation Program
Cannabis Testing
Quality Assurance Person (QAP)
Module 5
EU-GMP — GPP Gap Analysis
Case studies
Module 1
Cannabis regulatory sanitation requirements
Expectation and current guidance
Objectives of Cleaning and Sanitation
Approved list of detergents and sanitizers
Module 2
Cleaning and Sanitation Program for production
Cleaning and Sanitation Procedure (SOP) for storage
Cleaning and Sanitation Procedure (SOP) for extraction
Module 3
Self-Inspection Procedure
Cleaning and Sanitation Records
Cleaning and Sanitation Verification
Module 4
Deviation, Out of Specification and CAPA
Training of personnel and record keeping
Cleaning validation requirements
Cleaning validation approaches for better performance
Module 5
Pest Control
Management
Case study
Analytical Testing Requirements
Biological Testing Requirements
Physical Testing Requirements
Stability Studies
Mandatory and Non-Mandatory Testing
Module 6
Testing Specification
Appropriate Testing Instrument and Software Systems
Method Development and Validation
Module 7
Out of Specification (OOS)
Training Requirements
Packaging, Labeling and Shipping
Case Study
Module 1
Cannabis Current Audit and Inspection
Audits (internal and external)
Self-inspection programs for process improvements
CRA audit and walk-through
Regulatory Inspections
Preparing for inspections
Corrective and preventive actions
Case Study — Create Template
Module 2
Cannabis Technical Writing — Part 11
Good Documentation Practices (GDP)
Training Requirements
Quality Deviation Reports (QDR)
Standard Operating Procedures
Module 3
CAPA and Gap Analysis — Part 2
Process maps and data trending
Risk management
Module 4
Change Control and Related Topics — QA Part 3
Change Control Process
Case Study
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