Current Standards Development Projects

Active Projects

As an ANSI-Accredited Standards Developer, PJRFSI maintains active projects across food safety and cannabis safety. Each project follows ANSI’s Essential Requirements for openness, balance, consensus, and due process. Current active projects are listed below.

Cannabis Safety Certification Standard

PJRFSI developed the first ANAB-accredited cannabis certification standard in the United States, a GMP- -based framework designed to help cannabis growers, manufacturers, and retailers meet state-by-state regulatory requirements in a consistent, independently verified way. This was a historic milestone: no certification body in the U.S. had achieved ANAB accreditation for a cannabis program before PJRFSI.

As federal and state cannabis regulations continue to evolve, PJRFSI actively maintains and revises this standard to reflect current regulatory expectations and industry practice. Organizations in cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, or retail can participate in the review process through the Get Involved page.

Why PJRFSI Leads Standards Development

The standards PJRFSI develops are built by people who also deliver certification services every day. That operational grounding means every standard is designed with practical implementation in mind and not created at a distance from the organizations that will use it. PJRFSI’s combination of ANSI accreditation and decade-plus certification experience gives its standards development work a credibility that few organizations can match.

Upcoming and Proposed Projects

PJRFSI periodically initiates new standards development projects where credible, independently developed frameworks are needed. Proposed projects are announced publicly and go through a formal initiation process that includes stakeholder notification and opportunity for comment before development begins.

If you are aware of a gap in existing food safety or cannabis standards that warrants a new development project, PJRFSI welcomes proposals from industry stakeholders. Visit the Get Involved page or contact PJRFSI at 1-855-757-7374.