Colorado Hit by Two Marijuana Recalls in 24 Hours

Just 24 hours after the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division issued its first cannabis recall of 2026, the state announced another for the same pesticide.

On January 8, the MED issued a health and safety order regarding flower that contained chlorfenapyr, a banned pesticide in Colorado cannabis growing. That recall, linked to flower from Denver cultivation Rotation Farms, hit nineteen dispensaries across Colorado.

The latest health and safety notice from the MED, issued around 24 hours later on January 9, is also connected to chlorfenapyr, but under slightly different circumstances. This recall, linked to Denver company Egozi, affected one dispensary, a Colorado Springs store called Ripple, and the flagged products were cannabis concentrate, not flower.

According to the MED, the recalled Egozi concentrate was sold between November 25 and December 5. The name of the strain wasn’t shared by the MED, but the product packaging contains the following production batch number: EV1016WF. The packaging also has the following facility license number: 404-00729.

“Individuals who have this affected marijuana in their possession should destroy it or return it to the Regulated Marijuana Store from which it was purchased for proper disposal. Individuals who experience adverse health effects after consuming the affected product should seek medical attention immediately and report the event to the Marijuana Enforcement Division by submitting a MED Reporting Form,” the health and safety notice reads.

The trend of chlorfenapyr-related recalls is beginning to stand out, with today’s the seventh such recall since last June. An insecticide that kills mites and other bugs by disrupting energy in their cells, chlorfenapyr is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency for application on cotton and ornamental plants — but chlorfenapyr is federally banned from being used on food crops, and is considered toxic to humans when ingested.

Egozi owner Elias Egozi say he and his staff have identified and remedied the problem, and adds that he thinkthe chlorfenapyr levels came from pesticides.

“We believe it was in our grow medium,” Egozi says, adding that his isn’t the only cannabis business affected by the recall. “We were pretty shocked,” he says. “We’ve switched out all of our cocoa.”

The MED was not available to immediately comment about chlorfenapyr, but is expected to issue an industry-wide memo about pesticides next week, according to the agency.