Cannabis: from plant to the market

大麻：从植物到市场

• 批准号: 544301-2019
• 负责人: Boumghar, Yacine
• 金额: $ 29.14万
• 依托单位: Collège de Maisonneuve
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: College and Community Innovation Program
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=720862
• 关键词: Cannabis; plant; market

The legalization of cannabis in Canada since October 2018 opened an entirely new and interesting market for both recreational and medicinal purposes. Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of cannabinoids could produce the highest purity extract. However, a comprehensive analysis to extract selectively the cannabinoids using SC-CO2 technology has not been yet conducted. Furthermore, development of cannabis-based products still faces several technical and production challenges. Public information on industrial Cannabis-based food products, usually called «edibles», and on natural health product are rare and inconsistent. Nowadays, these products are usually produced in a primitive and empirical way and little is known about production control and impact on food safety. Moreover, the product stability, which is related to its conditioning method (packaging and stabilization processes), needs to be further investigated. The development and introduction of such a product into the market must meet the Health Canada guidelines while considering the public safety. Therefore, the objective of this project is to overcome the existing gaps in the cannabis-based product development and the advancement of cannabis-based industry. Throughout this project, will provide the industrial partners useful assistance at various stages of production, including the production process, the technological challenge, and the implementation of changes in their company. This will help them to position themselves as a Canadian leader of recreational and natural health cannabis-based products.

自2018年10月以来，加拿大大麻的合法化为娱乐和医疗目的开辟了一个全新有趣的市场。大麻素的超临界二氧化碳提取可能会产生最高的纯度提取物。但是，尚未进行全面的分析，以选择性地提取使用SC-CO2技术提取大麻素。此外，基于大麻的产品的开发仍然面临几个技术和生产挑战。有关基于工业大麻的食品的公共信息，通常称为“食品”，而天然保健产品则很少见。如今，这些产品通常以原始的和经验的方式生产，对生产控制和对食品安全的影响知之甚少。此外，需要进一步研究与其条件方法（包装和稳定过程）有关的产品稳定性。在考虑公共安全的同时，将这种产品的开发和引入必须符合加拿大卫生部的指南。因此，该项目的目的是克服基于大麻的产品开发和基于大麻的行业的进步中的现有差距。通过该项目，将在生产的各个阶段为工业合作伙伴提供有用的帮助，包括生产过程，技术挑战和公司变更的实施。这将有助于他们将自己定位为加拿大娱乐和自然健康大麻产品的领导者。