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DARWIN MILLARD

CSQ Technical Director

Darwin Millard is a 17-year cannabis/hemp industry veteran, cannabinoid extraction specialist and policy change-maker. Colloquially known as “The Spock of Cannabis,” Millard has focused on the extraction and manufacturing of nutraceutical products containing cannabinoids for nearly two decades, helping companies “live long and process” by implementing cost-effective, purpose-driven phytocannabinoid processing and herbal product manufacturing solutions.

For Millard, the decision to forge a lifelong career in cannabis was an easy one. After graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder with his Mechanical Engineering degree, Millard’s options were to either design and build slurry pumps for the fracking industry or follow his passion and dive headfirst into the fledgling legal cannabis industry. Millard now specializes in mechanical and solvent based extraction methods for isolating highly volatile terpenophenolic secondary metabolites from botanicals, and his expertise has progressed the cannabinoid product industry forward. In 2012, Millard took part in developing the first legally sold CBD dietary supplement and he’s since worked in some capacity with every major publicly traded cannabis operator at some point in their business lifecycle.

Throughout his vast industry experience, Millard learned first-hand about the need for standardization within the cannabis industries. Not only are standards needed to create consistency across markets, but to ensure that the final product is safe for consumers and matches its label.

In 2017, Millard became an active member of ASTM International’s Technical Committee D37 on Cannabis, a group dedicated to the development of voluntary consensus standards for the global cannabis/hemp industry. Millard authored one of the first four standards ASTM D37 ever developed- D8245 – Standard Guide for Disposal of Resin Containing Cannabis Raw Materials and Downstream Products, which helps reduce the amount of waste generated by licensed operators. In 2020, ASTM recognized Millard with the James A Thomas Leadership Award, given to members who have significantly advanced ASTM’s mission through extraordinary accomplishment. He was also instrumental in the development of ASTM Standard D8441 – Specification for an International Symbol for Identifying Consumer Products Containing Intoxicating Cannabinoids, published in 2021, which establishes the International Intoxicating Cannabinoid Product Symbol (IICPS), the world’s first truly “universal” symbol, and authored ASTM Standard D8449 – Specification for Label Content and Style, Format, Location, and Prominence of Elements for Consumer Products Containing Cannabinoids, published in 2023, which outlines, among other concepts, how to declare the cannabinoid content in inhalable, ingestible, and topical consumer products.

Today, Millard champions the benefits of standardization as the Technical Director for Cannabis Safety & Quality (CSQ), the first accredited safety and quality certification program to meet ISO requirements and regulatory requirements from seed-to-sale for the manufacture of cannabinoid-containing products. In addition to his role at CSQ, Darwin is also ASTM’s Subcommittee Vicechair of D37.04 on Cannabis Processing and Handling and the Subcommittee Chair or D37.08 on Personal-use Cannabis Devices and Appliances and is actively working towards being the change he wishes to see in the world.

TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC)

To ensure transparency and involvement from the cannabis industry, the CSQ Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is meant to make recommendations on numerous technical topics such as Certification Requirements, Guidance Documents, Audit Requirements, and revisions.

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