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Cannabis & CPG

QA Testing Built for
Cannabis Technology
and Compliance

Seed-to-sale tracking, regulatory reporting, dispensary POS, e-commerce. We test it all. Built around the compliance standards your software actually has to meet.

15+
Years experience
100+
Engagements delivered
100%
Compliance coverage
Why It Matters

Why Quality Matters in Cannabis

Cannabis is one of the most regulated industries out there. A tracking error, an inventory discrepancy, a bad compliance report. Any of these can trigger an audit, cost you a fine, or put your license at risk. Your software has to be right every time.

Regulatory Compliance Risk

One error can trigger a full compliance audit

Compliance reporting systems have to be accurate. One bad submission can trigger an audit and cost far more than testing ever would.

Inventory Integrity

Discrepancies are a red flag for regulators

Physical inventory and your software records have to match. Always. Discrepancies flag auditors and cost a fortune to reconcile. Every gram needs to be accounted for at every step.

POS & E-Commerce Failures

Transactions must connect to compliance systems in real time

Transactions need to process reliably, handle age verification, and sync with your compliance system in real time. A failed transaction isn't just a lost sale. It's a compliance gap.

Data Accuracy

Errors in product records are a direct liability

Labels, batch records, test results all need to flow cleanly from cultivation to retail. Errors here are a liability for your license, your brand, and the people buying your products.

Our Approach

How We Test Cannabis Software

We know where cannabis software breaks. We build our testing around those failure points from the start.

Compliance & Regulatory Testing

We follow the full seed-to-sale flow: harvest entry, transfers, retail sale, and disposal. We confirm every data point lines up with what your regulator expects, including provincial compliance system integrations.

POS & E-Commerce Testing

We test transactions, inventory sync, age verification, and payments across all your sales channels. In-store POS, online ordering, and delivery each have their own requirements. We scope and cover all of them.

Integration Testing

Your platform connects to compliance APIs, accounting tools, and delivery apps. We test every one of those connections: data accuracy, timing, and how things behave when something goes wrong.

Coverage

Cannabis Platforms We Test

Every layer of the cannabis tech stack carries compliance risk. We test them all.

Seed-to-Sale Tracking

Provincial and federal compliance systems. End-to-end chain of custody validation.

Dispensary POS Systems

Transaction flows, compliance sync, age verification, and receipt generation across all POS platforms.

Cannabis E-Commerce Platforms

Online ordering, product catalog accuracy, cart logic, age gates, and payment processing flows.

Inventory Management Software

Stock counts, batch tracking, expiry logic, and sync between physical and digital inventory records.

Compliance Reporting Portals

Report generation, submission flows, data validation, and regulatory upload accuracy for provincial and federal systems.

Cultivation Management Systems

Plant tracking, batch creation, harvest recording, and data integrity from seed entry to final product.

Case Study

Ample Organics: End-to-End Compliance Testing for Canada's Leading Cannabis Platform

STS tested Ample Organics, a cannabis management platform used by licensed producers across Canada. We ran end-to-end functional and compliance testing across their full product lifecycle, validating everything against Health Canada's requirements.

100% compliance coverage. 50+ test scenarios executed. Zero regulatory issues at launch.

Read the Case Study
AMPLE ORGANICS / LICENSED PRODUCERS ACROSS CANADA
100%
Compliance coverage
Full seed-to-sale lifecycle validated against Health Canada requirements
50+
Test scenarios executed
Covering compliance workflows, inventory sync, and reporting accuracy
0
Regulatory issues at launch
Platform launched clean with no compliance flags or audit findings
Services

Services for Cannabis Teams

The right QA coverage for an industry where compliance isn't optional.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes. We've worked with Canadian provincial compliance and reporting systems. We validate that submissions are accurate, complete, and formatted correctly: tag assignments, inventory updates, transfer records, all of it. We know where errors typically show up and we build our test cases around those spots.

Yes. We follow the full chain: plant entry, harvest, processing, packaging, labeling, transfer, and retail sale. We check that every handoff is accurate, nothing falls through the cracks between modules, and the compliance record at each step reflects what actually happened.

Yes. Cannabis e-commerce has specific requirements: age verification, product limits, jurisdictional rules, real-time inventory sync. We cover all of it, including edge cases like failed age gates, out-of-stock handling, and delivery zone restrictions.

We work in staging and sandbox environments. No risk to your live compliance data. Every test is documented with steps, expected results, and actual results, so you have a full audit trail. We'll loop in your compliance team as needed to make sure our test scenarios reflect what regulators actually require, not just how the software behaves in isolation.

Yes. Some of the best QA work happens before a single test is written. We'll work with your compliance and product teams to turn regulatory requirements into concrete, testable criteria. That way the testing is grounded in what needs to pass audit, not what your dev team assumed was good enough.

Let's talk

Ready to Ship Compliant
Cannabis Software?

A 30-minute call is usually enough to understand your gaps and give you a clear picture of what we'd do. No pitch deck. No obligation.