According to an investigation by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA), a cannabis laboratory that operated in Tulsa will not pay fines over allegations it falsified cannabis test results after the business surrendered its license.
It was in August that the OMMA it had wanted to revoke the operating license for F.A.S.T. Laboratories of Oklahoma City after discovering that owner-operator Kyle Felling of Arkansas falsified test results dozens of times.
In a surrender form signed Sept. 23, the reason for relinquishing F.A.S.T. Labs’ license was listed as “Disputes among members of closely held management company made continued operations undesirable.”
OMMA spokesperson Terri Watkins said this surrender “eliminates any fines they could potentially have faced.”
An administrative filing from OMMA back in August said that at least some of the products F.A.S.T. Laboratories tested had unsafe levels of lead, mold and bacteria but were given favorable test results.
OMMA also said that Felling marketed himself publicly as the owner despite not being an Oklahoma resident. He was also not listed on the facility’s license application or surrender forms.
Any medical cannabis still in the possession of F.A.S.T. Labs must be either liquidated or disposed of within 30 days in accordance with the OMMA’s administrative rules, or within about two weeks.
