Missouri regulators revoke license of Springfield marijuana manufacturer

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July 18, 2025

A Springfield marijuana manufacturer central to Missouri’s largest cannabis product recall last year had its license revoked Thursday.

State regulators found the company, C&C Manufacturing LLC, created a distillate — or THC concentrate that produces a high in edibles and vape pens — using unregulated THC.

Other manufacturers statewide bought the distillate and used it to make numerous brands of vapes, edibles or pre-rolled joints, including Rove, Zen and Packarillos. A total of 135,000 products were recalled last year.

After the state issued the company a notice of pending revocation in January,  regulators discovered C&C had “removed or destroyed all of the marijuana product in its facility as well as its video records,” according to the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation’s Thursday press release announcing the revocation. 

“C&C’s use of unregulated THC to create marijuana products, numerous violations of rule, and destruction of product and records in direct violation of DCR orders demonstrates clear disregard for law at the expense of health and safety and has no place in Missouri’s regulated market,” said Amy Moore, the division’s director.

Matt Cummins, CEO of GOAT Extracts, is listed as the designated contact for the facility and a number of GOAT products are on the list. The Independent reached out to the designated contact number listed on the state’s facility database for comment and did not receive a response.

Some of the unregulated THC involved using “chemical modification,” the release states. That could mean C&C bought a THC concentrate that had been made by converting hemp-derived CBD into THC using a chemical conversion process. Then the company used that to make its distillate, a process that had been used in another major recall case involving the company Delta Extraction.

The recall time frame is quite wide. It goes back to last year when companies were trying to ramp up for recreational marijuana sales.

Nick Rinella, CEO of Hippos Cannabis, told The Independent last year that his company unknowingly bought some of C&C’s distillate in 2023 when Hippos’ own supply was low at its grow and manufacturing facilities. 

But he emphasized that this recall is not because of lack of testing. Once Rinella and other manufacturers got the distillate and made products with it, those were “properly tested” before they went on the shelves, he said.

“We can feel confident that those products were safe,” he said last August. “They passed all the tests, and we have some of the most stringent tests in the country.”

During the recall announcement last year, the division said no adverse reactions involving recalled products have been reported.

The division’s Thursday release states that the violations leading to C&C’s license revocation are “numerous.” 

It states the company violated state and federal law by transporting Missouri marijuana outside of the state. C&C also sold marijuana products in Missouri that did not originate from Missouri marijuana and “failed to preserve records and marijuana products as directed by DCR’s prior directives.”

“The department enforces its regulations to uphold the Missouri Constitution,” Moore said, “and ensure safe access to marijuana product at our licensed facilities.”