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Benton Bodamer (Member, Columbus) and Scot Crow (Member, Columbus) discussed supply chain risk management amidst the recent spate of vaping-related pulmonary diseases in the U.S. and Canada with Cannabis Business Times for an article titled, “3 Tips for Supply Chain Risk Management Amid Vaping-Related Lung Illnesses in the U.S.”
“That question of supply chain risk and product liability is one that I think is very much on people's minds,” Benton told the publication, “and our advice to clients has been: You should have already been doing a host of things, combined with best practices in your entire supply chain, including complying with GMP practices, regardless of the fact that they're not required by individual states.”
“Who could potentially get caught up in [litigation], I think, is a good question as well,” Scot said, “because the way that many of the companies are [set up], and this isn't news, is that you're expanding to licensing arrangements. You can see your brand eviscerated if it's caught up in a dirty-type pen or delivery system, or it gets [linked to] an edible that [causes] a bad result or an adverse consequence.”
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