Maine warns medical cannabis patients about contaminated flower and pre-rolls, and says it has no recall power in the medical program

Maine's Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) issued a Medical Cannabis Patient Advisory on Oct. 14, 2026, for medical cannabis flower and pre-rolls produced and sold by The B Maine, formerly known as Dr. Melo's, in the town of Lebanon. WGME reported the advisory on Oct. 15.

According to OCP, the office received a complaint in mid-September about conditions at the company's cultivation facility. Its investigation included testing "Florida Oranges" flower grown there, and the results showed unsafe levels of microbial contaminants (aerobic bacteria, coliforms and Enterobacteriaceae), yeast and mold. OCP then tested additional products and found varying unsafe levels of the same contaminants in two strains of flower, "Florida Oranges" and "Skunk Hero," and four strains of 1-gram pre-rolls: "Bad Apple," "Cherry AK," "Head Candy" and "Tropsicles." OCP said the samples would have failed the testing standards used in Maine's adult-use program.

The advisory also points to a gap in the rules. OCP said it does not have authority under Maine law to issue a recall in the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Program, unlike its recall authority in the Adult Use Cannabis Program, and that the medical program is not subject to the same mandatory inventory tracking or contaminant testing requirements. None of The B Maine's products were required to be tested for contaminants, and none had been, the office said. OCP said that limits how much information and detail it can provide compared with its adult-use recall notices.

According to OCP, The B Maine expressed a willingness to protect patient safety and voluntarily surrendered the contaminated products to the office for destruction. The advisory lists possible symptoms from inhaling contaminated cannabis and tells patients who have symptoms to contact a healthcare provider.