Setting the Gold Leaf Standard
The Gold Leaf Standard for Marijuana Horticulture has been developed by industry experts to ensure rigorous and detailed, yet easy to understand, operational controls are available to manage product integrity, quality, safety and legality. First published in 2016 it is now in its 3rd. issue and well established as defined by many leading marijuana producers.
It provides a framework to manage operational controls and criteria in the marijuana growing, manufacturing, processing and packing industry.
Welcome to The Gold Leaf Standard in Cannabis Consulting
A framework of internationally recognized protocols developed by industry experts to offer the ultimate in risk management for your facility and crop
Operational and auditing controls to manage product safety, integrity, legality and quality. CHA and FDA accredited products with international acceptance in horticultural production facilities
Worldwide expertise providing the highest standards of operation to give the ultimate in customer and market confidence
Welcome to The Gold Leaf Standard in Cannabis Consulting
Independent, Unbiased, Validification
The Gold Leaf Standard will ensure your customers have confidence in your production programs and supply chain management.
All our audits are carried out by a global network of highly trained certification bodies and training partners.
Global recognition reduces the need for duplicate audits.
We have an established, highly experienced Gold Leaf Standard Technical Team that provides support and is available to answer any technical questions and provide on site training for your staff.
Welcome to The Gold Leaf Standard in Cannabis Consulting
The Gold Leaf Standard third party certification and validation is the highest quality system to ensure your facility and operational services have been reviewed and evaluated by our experienced team of independent industry experts to meet with and exceed current federal legislative requirements.
Our team works with government approved methodologies and protocols to assist you in maintaining the highest possible standards of operation and safety requirements for Licensed Producers under the current ACMPR.
Having the Gold Leaf Standard enables you to position your brand should it need to defend itself against potential testing issues and product recall. Assisting in compliance of the most stringent laboratory requirements, your brand will be recognized by the consumer as having been cultivated and harvested with the utmost of care and attention given to providing a vibrant ,active, product that is clear of harmful pesticides, residues and bio-burden.
Quality Management systems
The recommendations stipulated that the government's principal interest should be to establish an "effective, accountable, and transparent system" for regulatory oversight of the cannabis supply chain emphasizing the protection of health and safety.
Necessary training, instruction, education, and levels of performance in all aspects of the cultivation process should be observed.
The Gold Leaf Standard offers guidance and direction from achieving the best building maintenance practices to protective equipment usage, prevention of workplace injury, chemical usage and beyond.
By incorporating the Gold Leaf Standard into your Standards of Operation, you provide an extra layer of quality assurance and security, allowing your consumers to be assured of your commitment to provide the purest product possible.
The Gold Leaf Standard
is Divided into Seven Sections
PROCESS CONTROL
PERSONNEL
Our Leadership Team
Stephanie was trained as a podiatrist, graduating from University of Manchester in 1985 (DPodM, MCh S, member CPSM). She served as an assistant medical provider in the Third World for three years, developing a keen sense of the importance of practical impacts on people’s lives and well-being.
After returning to the UK, Stephanie embarked on a career in retail marketing management, working with grocery retail, fine brands with Verve Clicquot, and personal care products marketing with Aveda. With Aveda, Stephanie was responsible for retail business development, new accounts, and brand management in the South of England. The eventual sale of Aveda to Estee Lauder netted over $400 million. Having created her own complimentary therapy center, she continued her professional development studying surgery through Matthew Boulton College and Cannock Orthopedic Hospital.
Arriving in Victoria BC in 2005 with her then young family, she utilized her knowledge base to create a range of eco friendly, paraben and chemical free skin care products and then through an association with Natureworks LLC , created a range of fully compostable baby diapers and feminine hygiene products as the basis for “Broody Chick Natural Products”. Working to reduce carbon footprint and protection of eco system and environment played a pivotal role in Stephanie’s interest in medicinal use and application of Cannabis.
As a company still in its infant stage, it is rapidly developing with associates across Canada, North America, and Europe to meet the emerging medical and recreational market. Stephanie is currently studying, Plant science and GMP Pharma and GDP training with Hygiene and Microbiology through “Concept Heidelberg” at the European Compliance Academy, Europe’s leading provider for advanced training in pharmaceutical QA and drug safety. Stephanie recently attained her GMP Pharmaceutical Quality Systems (GMP PQS )Auditor/Lead Auditor certificate and is a member of IRCA. Stephanie has also working directly with a number of licensed producers in South America, South Africa, Canada and Europe to ensure that facilities and growing practices and procedures are compliant with European standards for Good manufacturing and distribution (GMP, GDP) and Good agricultural and collection practices (GACP) are in place.
In 2015, an association with multiple recreational growing operations in Washington State whilst establishing “green” cleaning protocols and studying the effects of measurable bio-burden and ATP levels to predict potential contamination risk, the concept of affording predesigned Standards of Operation for licensed producers was established. Following a course in Plant Production and Facility Management specific to the cannabis vertical through KPU in Vancouver, the provision of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) Quality Control (QC) and Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to European standard aligned to the ACMPR requirement under Heath Canada, formed the base for Gold Leaf Standard certification.
Our Leadership Team
Kostadin has extensive experience in: Financial crime, Fraud Investigation, Money Laundering, Taxes, Court Expertise, Forensic Accounts, Medical Cannabis regulations, Financial Due Diligence, Medical Treatment with Cannabis & Regulatory Compliance and Cannabis Extraction & Cultivation
Kostadin is the current president of the association for medical cannabis cultivation at Association Makkanabis Cannabis Cultivators in North Macedonia, President of EndoCanna & Next Level Consulting in Macedonia. Kostadin brings a unique perspective to Analysis, Risk Management and Policy Standards. Kostadin's extensive experience in Auditing and Inspection are invaluable assets to The Gold Leaf Standard Team