Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shuts down marijuana testing lab after inspection
Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shuts down marijuana testing lab after inspection
On Friday, officials with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority reported that the license of a marijuana testing lab was suspended, citing risk to public health and safety.
SEMINOLE RESIDENTS IN A PANIC AFTER A FIRE AT A LOCAL ANIMAL ENCOUNTER. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT 4:00. I’M ABIGAIL OGLE. I’M EVAN ONSTOT. WE’RE FOLLOWING THAT STORY AND MORE IN YOUR TOP FIVE TODAY. STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS SAYS HE IS GOING TO END STATE TESTING FOR SOME OKLAHOMA STUDENTS. ALSO, THE LATEST IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. PRESIDENT PUTIN IN RUSSIA AGREEING TO TALK. AND OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE MAKING AN ARREST IN LAST NIGHT’S FATAL SHOOTING. BUT FIRST, WE DO WANT TO START YOU IN SEMINOLE. THAT PANIC AT A LOCAL ANIMAL RESCUE AFTER FLAMES THREATENED SOME OF THE ANIMALS THERE. KOCO MEGHAN MOSLEY JOINING US LIVE WITH MORE ON THIS, MEGAN. I MEAN, THIS WAS A REALLY SCARY AFTERNOON FOR NOMADS THERE IN SEMINOLE. YEAH, GUYS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THAT FIRE STARTED HERE ON THE PROPERTY LINE OF NOMADS, ANIMAL ENCOUNTER. AND THEN JUST FEET AWAY. THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE THEY HOUSE THEIR ANIMALS. THANKFULLY, EVERYONE IS SAFE AND ONLY ONE FOX IS STILL MISSING. BUT IT WAS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE CO-OWNER OF NOMADS ANIMAL ENCOUNTER HAD TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISION TO LET THEIR ANIMALS LOOSE. ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES CALLED THEM IN A PANIC AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT BEHIND THE PROPERTY. NOW THAT FIRE FORCED HIM TO EVACUATE, AND THEY MADE THE DECISION TO LET ALL OF THEIR ANIMALS OUT OF THE FENCED IN AREAS ON THE PROPERTY. NOW, THEY’VE BEEN AN ANIMAL RESCUE HERE IN SEMINOLE FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, AND SAY THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED. THEY HAD TO LET OUT FOXES, DEERS, KANGAROOS AND THEIR WALLABIES. BUT THANKFULLY THEY SAY THERE WERE NO MAJOR INJURIES AND THEY ARE ALL BACK IN THEIR CAGES ON SITE. MINUS THAT ONE, FOX AND ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES CALLS US AND THEY SAID, YOU GOT TO COME BACK RIGHT NOW THAT THE PLACE IS ON FIRE. AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? AND THEY SAID, WELL, IT’S NOT ON OUR PROPERTY YET, BUT IT’S ABOUT TO BE IT’S MOVING SO FAST. WE LET OUT 40, 42 FOXES AND WE LET OUT 15 DEER, THREE KANGAROOS, THREE WALLABIES. WE MOVED OUR MONKEYS IN OUR HOUSE AND AND YOU KNOW, OUR PROPERTIES TRENCHED IN. SO WHEN WE LET THEM OUT OF THE ENCLOSURES BUT THEY’RE STILL CONTAINED IN OUR PROPERTY. AND COMING UP TONIGHT AT FIVE, WE WILL TELL YOU HOW THE COMMUNITY OF SEMINOLE ACTUALLY STEPPED IN TO HELP THEM. REPORTING LIVE IN SEMINOLE MEGAN MOSLEY, KOCO FIVE NEWS. ALL RIGHT, MEG, WE’LL SEE YOU SOON. AND YOUR NEXT TOP FIVE. SEE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS ONE. ESPECIALLY PARENTS, TEACHERS, END OF YEAR TESTING IN OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS COULD SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST. STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS TELLING US TODAY THAT HE IS DOING WHAT? WHAT PARENTS TOLD HIM THEY WANT HIM TO DO. SOME, THOUGH, ARE ASKING WHETHER HE HAS THE POWER TO DO IT. KOCO IS DAKOTA PAPAKEECHIE JOINING US LIVE ON THIS? DAKOTA. HE SAYS HE DOES NOT NEED THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, OR EVEN THE APPROVAL OF LAWMAKERS. THAT’S RIGHT. STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS. HE WANTS TO GET RID OF END OF THE YEAR TESTING IN OKLAHOMA. HE WANTS TO MOVE ALL THE MONEY BEING SPENT FROM THAT TO BETTER THINGS, HE SAYS. AND HE’S HEARD FROM MANY PARENTS, BUT SOME WORRY HE DOESN’T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT ALL HIMSELF. WE WANT TO KNOW HOW KIDS ARE LEARNING, BUT WE WANT IT IN REAL TIME, STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS PUSHING FOR BIG CHANGE IN OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS. HE WANTS TO REMOVE END OF THE YEAR TESTING THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS COMPLETE EVERY YEAR. YOU HAVE WEEKS AT A TIME WHERE IT’S ALL TEST PREP AND TESTING, AND THEY’RE MOVING EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TESTS ARE PROCTORED IN A CERTAIN WAY. RIGHT NOW, THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADES, TAKE THESE TESTS SURROUNDING MATH, ENGLISH AND SCIENCE. AND WALTERS SAYS THEY WOULD INSTEAD TAKE BENCHMARK TESTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO DETERMINE PROGRESS. TEACHERS AREN’T WORRIED ABOUT THIS MASSIVE END OF THE YEAR TEST. THEY’RE JUST TEACHING THE STANDARDS. WE’RE ASSESSING THEM IN REAL TIME. THIS IS A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY. SOME LAWMAKERS QUESTION IF HE CAN MAKE THIS CHANGE WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. STATE REP MELISSA PROVENZANO SAYS SHE THINKS WALTERS IS OUT OF LINE. HOWEVER, SHE LIKES THE IDEA, ADDING THAT SHE’S HEARD IT FROM PARENTS AND TEACHERS WANTING IT GONE FOR YEARS. BUT SUPERINTENDENT WALTERS SAYS HE’S IN THE CLEAR. WE’RE ABLE TO DO THIS ON OUR OWN. WE HAVE LOOKED AT STATE STATUTE, WE LOOKED AT FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. THEY’RE ABLE TO DO THIS AND WE’RE EXCITED THAT IT WILL BE DONE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. NOW, JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM HERE, STATE REPRESENTATIVE DEL CURBS SENT A STATEMENT SAYING THAT THESE TESTS ARE MANDATED BY FEDERAL AND STATE LAW, AND THAT THE STATE HAS WORKED WITH THEM TO MAKE THEM BETTER. AND CURBS LOOKS FORWARD TO COLLABORATING TO MAKE SURE THESE CHANGES ARE CLEAR AND FOLLOW THE LAW. NOW, I ALSO LOOKED AT THE STATE STATUTE ON THIS, AND IT’S UNCLEAR, BUT WE DID REACH OUT TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS FOR THEIR RESPONSE TO ALL THIS. THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED. WE ALSO TALKED TO SEVERAL PARENTS TODAY ABOUT ALL OF THIS. WE’LL HAVE THAT AT 6:00. REPORTING LIVE. DAKOTA WABOKIESHIEK FIVE NEWS. DAKOTA. THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT TOP FIVE. YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST. IT IS HOT AND WINDY OUT THERE. IT REALLY IS. AND DAMON, YESTERDAY YOU WERE TRYING TO USE THE TERM WIND CHILL ON US AS IF TO DISTRACT US FROM THAT FEELS-LIKE TEMPERATURE. BUT IT’S HOT OUTDE TRYING TO MAKE THIS THIS NUMBER RIGHT HERE JUST LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER. FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER. YEAH. IT’S WINDY OUT THERE FOR SURE. 97 FEELS LIKE 102. SO THIS TIME OF THE AFTERNOON BETWEEN 4 AND 5:00 IS TYPICALLY WHEN WE’RE GOING TO REACH OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY. AND SO THERE’S SOME DRIER AIR THAT IS QUICKLY ROLLING IN. IT’S BEING BLOWN IN BY THOSE STRONG WINDS THAT YOU HEARD THERE JUST MOMENTS AGO. AND SO THERE’S A CHANCE THAT THESE TEMPERATURES MAY SPIKE IN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES OR SO, UP TO ABOUT 100 DEGREES HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY, ALREADY THERE RIGHT NOW IN MCLOUD. BUT THE AIR IS SO DRY THAT LOOK 100 FEELS LIKE 102. THERE’S ONLY JUST A 1 OR 2 DEGREE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AIR TEMPS AND WHAT IT FEELS LIKE OUT THERE. SO IT’S A DRY HEAT, WE’LL CALL IT THAT DOWN AT THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW, WINDS ARE BLOWING PRETTY STRONG. THEY’RE OVER 20MPH. LOTS OF UPPER 90S, A FEW 100 HERE FROM GUTHRIE TO KINGFISHER. WATONGA OUT TOWARDS WESTERN OKLAHOMA. LOOK AT ALL THE HOT PINK ON THE MAP HERE. THERE’S SOME BIG TIME HEAT, BUT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES ON THE WAY FOR THIS WEEKEND. YOUR NEWEST TIMELINE FOR STORMS ON SUNDAY COMING UP, EVAN. ALL RIGHT, DAVID, THANKS VERY MUCH. IN YOUR NEXT TOP FIVE, OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE RELEASING THE IDENTITY OF THE CITY’S MOST RECENT HOMICIDE VICTIM, KILLED LAST NIGHT AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY. THIS WAS NEAR NORTHWEST 50TH AND BROOKLINE JUST AFTER 730 LAST NIGHT. POLICE THINK 30 YEAR OLD SAVON MILLER GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH THE SUSPECT BEFORE HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED. POLICE ARRESTED THE SUSPECT. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL THE HOMICIDE TIP LINE AND IN YOUR NEXT TOP FIVE, THE LEADERS OF ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN ARE AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO SIGN A HISTORIC PEACE TREATY. THIS WOULD END DECADES OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO AND ALSO CREATE A US BACKED CORRIDOR CALLED THE TRUMP ROUTE, CONNECTING THE REGIONS. MEANWHILE, THE UKRAINE-RUSSIA CONFLICT CONTINUES WITH TALKS OF THAT HIGH LEVEL SUMMIT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT PUTIN UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW. ABC’S DEVIN DWYER IN WASHINGTON TODAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP WELCOMING THE LEADERS OF TWO LONG WARRING COUNTRIES TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO SIGN A PEACE TREATY. BUT ALSO TODAY THE PRESIDENT FACING HIS OWN SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE IN ANOTHER CONFLICT THE WAR IN UKRAINE. THE PRESIDENT GIVING VLADIMIR PUTIN, UNTIL TODAY TO AGREE TO A CEASE FIRE WITH UKRAINE OR FACE NEW PUNISHING SECONDARY SANCTIONS. BUT NO CEASE FIRE EMERGED TODAY. INSTEAD, NEW RUSSIAN DRONE ATTACKS THIS MORNING INSIDE UKRAINE AND NEW UNCERTAINTY OVER TRUMP’S PUSH FOR PEACE TALKS, IN ADDITION TO A CEASEFIRE, THE WHITE HOUSE HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN PUSHING FOR A TRILATERAL MEETING BETWEEN TRUMP, PUTIN AND UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. BUT PUTIN HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT MEETING WITH ZELENSKYY IS OFF THE TABLE FOR NOW, SAYING CONDITIONS FOR THAT ARE STILL FAR AWAY. THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH ME AND I’LL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO STOP THE KILLINGS. TODAY. ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN SIGNING ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS, INCLUDING ONE THAT LETS THE U.S. CLAIM EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS IN THE HIGHLY CONTESTED BORDER CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THIS WILL ALLOW BOTH COUNTRIES ACCESS TO THIS CRITICAL TRANSIT ROUTE. AND AS A NOD TO TRUMP, IT WILL BE CALLED THE TRIP. THE TRUMP ROUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND PROSPERITY. ACCORDING TO ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS. SINCE THE START OF HIS SECOND TERM, THE WHITE HOUSE CREDITS TRUMP WITH BROKERING CEASEFIRE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN CAMBODIA AND THAILAND, RWANDA AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND PAKISTAN AND INDIA. SEVERAL WORLD LEADERS HAVE NOW NOMINATED TRUMP FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, AND THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS H
Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shuts down marijuana testing lab after inspection
On Friday, officials with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority reported that the license of a marijuana testing lab was suspended, citing risk to public health and safety.
Updated: 4:45 PM CDT Aug 8, 2025
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On Friday, officials with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority reported that the license of a marijuana testing lab was suspended, citing risk to public health and safety.Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following.“As a result of a routine compliance inspection, OMMA inspectors identified a concern at Greenleaf Labs that requires further scrutiny and analysis,” officials wrote in a news release.OMMA officials said that if you purchased products that were tested by Greenleaf Labs for “total yeast and mold” between April 2023 and July 31, 2025, your products may be contaminated.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.“OMMA is working with Greenleaf Labs to identify the specific products that were improperly tested and will release that information as soon as we have completed a thorough analysis,” officials said in the news release.Top HeadlinesBat flies into woman’s mouth while on stargazing trip, leaving her with $21,000 medical billState Supt. Ryan Walters announces end to some end-of-year state testingPolice identify man found dead at NW OKC apartment complex, make an arrest19-year-old from Norman dies in Kingfisher County crashInstagram has unveiled a new location sharing feature. Here’s how to turn it off
On Friday, officials with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority reported that the license of a marijuana testing lab was suspended, citing risk to public health and safety.
Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following.
“As a result of a routine compliance inspection, OMMA inspectors identified a concern at Greenleaf Labs that requires further scrutiny and analysis,” officials wrote in a news release.
OMMA officials said that if you purchased products that were tested by Greenleaf Labs for “total yeast and mold” between April 2023 and July 31, 2025, your products may be contaminated.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
“OMMA is working with Greenleaf Labs to identify the specific products that were improperly tested and will release that information as soon as we have completed a thorough analysis,” officials said in the news release.
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