Jacqueline Collins
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Colorado cannabis regulators issued three separate recalls on Thursday, January 22, and added more products and stores to a health and safety notice issued in 2025.
The Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division announced the four recalls at once, with approximately 275 dispensaries included between them. All four notices were related to different manufacturers, products and contaminants, with the dates of sale ranging from November 2024 to January of this year.
“Consumers who possess affected products should destroy them or return them to the store from which they were purchased for proper disposal,” warns an announcement from the MED. “Consumers who experience adverse health effects after consuming the affected product should seek medical attention immediately and report the event to the MED by submitting an MED Reporting Form.”
The first recall listed by the MED was for cannabis grown and sold by Higher Grade, a chain of three medical and recreational dispensaries in Denver that also grows and distributes flower. According to the MED, Higher Grade collaborated with state officials to issue a “voluntary recall” for five harvest batches of recreational cannabis after state inspectors discovered some Higher Grade flower tested positive for aspergillus, a banned genus of mold in Colorado cannabis grows.
The flagged products were sold at Higher Grade’s three dispensaries — located at 1269 Elati Street, 3111 West 38th Avenue and 3480 South Galena Street — and KrystaLeaves dispensary in Commerce City between September 11, 2025, and January 7 of this year. The names of the recalled strains were not shared, but each of them should have one of two growing license numbers (403R-00130 or 403-01268) and one of the following harvest batch numbers on the packaging: 1R21-0930-VBU, 4R22-1014-RST, 9R19-0808-YUK, 1M21-0930-GAP, 9R19-0808-MAC. Higher Grade did not respond to a request for comment.
Another recall was issued for cannabis-infused lotion made by My Brother’s Flower. Cannabis extract used in the manufacturing process, produced by Pueblo extractor SMTG Holdings LLC, had unacceptable levels of the pesticide myclobutanil, according to the MED. The products were sold at 94 dispensaries across Colorado from January 30, 2025, to January 7 of this year, the recall notes.
My Brother’s Flower collaborated with the MED in the recall process. According to My Brother’s Flower, the company was notified by the MED on December 31 that a batch of its Calming Creams lotion “potentially contained pesticides in an upstream package from one of our vendors,” and notified stores carrying the product to destroy and remove it.
“Our commitment to quality remains a top priority, and as such, we will be testing our upstream packages for My Brother’s Flower products in abundance of the state requirements moving forward. Our SOPs will adapt internally to include additional tests beyond the state requirements,” part of a letter addressing the recall from My Brother’s Flower reads.
The third cannabis recall issued on January 22 was in connection to Morganic Concentrates, which is registered with the state under the name Dutch Botanicals LLC. According to the MED, cannabis extract from Morganic Concentrates used to make the brand’s disposable vaporizers was found to contain traces of hexythiazox, fluopyram and bifenazate, all of which are banned pesticides for cannabis growers.
The recalled Morganic vaporizers were sold at 176 Colorado dispensaries from January 30 to December 27, 2025, the MED says. Names and strains associated with the recall were not shared, but customers should look at the MED’s safety notice for Morganic’s facility license numbers (404-00780 and 404R-00226) and one of 64 different harvest batches connected to the recall. Dutch Botanicals could not be reached for comment.
On top of the three new recalls, the MED issued an expanded recall for cannabis concentrate and vaporizers from Karing Kind, a Boulder-area dispensary and production facility. The original recall, issued in November, identified one batch of Strawberry Furry vaporizers that was “potentially contaminated” with chlorfenapyr, a banned pesticide in Colorado. However, the MED later added OG Kush and Pop Kush vaporizers to the chlorfenapyr recall in December — and on January 22, another batch of Karing Kind vaporizers was added to the recall, this one for a strain called Durban Burgundy, with another banned pesticide, paclobutrazol, added to the notice.
“The investigation remains ongoing, and while the likelihood is low, the investigation may lead to the inclusion of additional batches in the future. The investigation has also supported the identification of affected inventory that has since been quarantined to prevent further transfer and sale to consumers,” the MED’s updated notice regarding Karing Kind reads.
According to the latest recall, the flagged vaporizers were sold from November 9, 2024, to December 9, 2025, at Karing Kind and seven other Colorado dispensaries. Karing Kind has collaborated with the MED during the process, the agency notes.
The MED has now issued five recalls so far in 2026, six if you count the amended Karing Kind recall from last year. In 2025, the MED issued eighteen health and safety notices.
