Medicinal Cannabis Training South Africa

Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation Training in South Africa – 2 days

Cape Town 7-8^th October and  Johannesburg 9-10^th October  

Day 1 – Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation Training Course

• Cultivation and Regulations

  • licencing, permits and regulatory requirements
  • overview of industry-specific regulations and guidelines in medicinal cannabis cultivation and production

• Cultivation systems and practical crop care requirements

  • irrigation, nutrition, climate controls
  • heating, cooling, ventilation
  • propagation (cloning, grow systems), indoor, greenhouse and outdoor

• Cannabis varieties, phenotype, chemotype

  • seeds, tissue culture, clones
  • growth stages
  • pre-harvest and post-harvest

• Common plant diseases and pests

  • identification
  • management

Day 2 – GACP (Good Agricultural and Collection Practices) and basic EU GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)

Introduction to regulations and compliance in the medicinal cannabis industry

Discussion of quality management systems (QMS), including hygiene, what makes a batch, batch traceability, basic record keeping (Good Documentation Practices or GDocP)

• Good Agricultural Practice GAP (pre-harvest)

  • EU Good Agricultural Practice – GAP guidance
  • WHO Good Agricultural & Collection Practice – GACP guidance

• Part 1 – Good Manufacturing Practice (final dosage forms)

  • regulatory requirements, site master file, pharmaceutical quality system
  • 9 chapters on GMP

• Part 2 – Good Manufacturing Practice (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients)

  • irrigation, nutrition, climate controls
  • heating, cooling, ventilation
  • propagation (cloning, grow systems), indoor, greenhouse and outdoor

• Annex 7 – Herbal medicinal products (flower products)

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Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation Training Course – Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

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