CAQ103 - Cannabis Quality Assurance and Documentation

Subject Title
Cannabis Quality Assurance and Documentation

Subject Description
This course focuses on the concept of Quality Assurance as it pertains to commercial cannabis production. Students will work to understand the role and importance of the Quality Assurance team in an organization. Topics covered include: QA theory; documentation for Good Production Practices (GPP); SOP theory, writing and reviewing; auditing; deviation management; complaint-handling and product recall theory; training on GPPs and other International Quality Standards as they might relate to cannabis products such as GMP, HACCP, and ISO. Students will gain hands-on experience in document reviewing and SOP writing/reviewing as well as case study work in process deviation and change control processes.

Credit Status
One credit toward the Cannabis Regulation and Quality Assurance Program

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the key regulations and guidelines pertinent to the Canadian cannabis industry as outlined by Health Canada
2. Understand the key considerations relevant to maintaining quality standards in the cannabis industry
3. Display the ability to effectively create critical quality assurance documentation relevant to the cannabis industry including

1. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
2. Methods
3. change controls
4. validation
5. investigation
6. customer complains
7. root cause analysis
8. letters/correspondences to Health Canada

4. Identify key quality issues effecting this industry and methods to overcome these quality issues
5. Assess scenarios relevant to the industry and determine the most effective approach to address issues identified

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