The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday, Feb. 10, edition that Health Canada is adding new terms and conditions to the licences of Mettrum and Organigram, caught with banned chemicals in their products, requiring them to be tested regularly to ensure they are not using dangerous pesticides that can harm consumers. The Globe's Grant Robertson writes that the two companies were discovered selling product that contained a banned pesticide known as myclobutanil. The Globe says Mettrum had been using the dangerous chemical on its plants as far back as 2014, and hid the evidence from Health Canada. As a condition of its licence, Mettrum will now have to submit to regular testing of its products to prove that it is not using myclobutanil and other banned pesticides. The same condition is being applied to Organigram, which has sold itself as an organic grower but has since had its organic designation suspended. An unnamed Health Canada official said, "We're adding terms and conditions to both Organigram and Mettrum's licence, which will of course require them to adopt that expanded testing regime." Mettrum chief executive officer Michael Haines is no longer with the company.