Most audit findings start in the grow room. I find them there.

GACP and EU-GMP readiness for pharmaceutical-cannabis facilities. I read your rooms and your records together — and fix each finding where it starts.

20+ yrs running commercial grow rooms 25+ sites walked in Thailand 13+ countries Vendor-neutral · insured · fixed fees
Where findings start

The auditor cites the paperwork. The cause is in the room.

What the auditor will cite
Where it actually starts
Microbial qualityDried flower fails the microbial limits.
Drying roomDehumidification can't hold set-point overnight at full load.
TraceabilityThe batch record can't link inputs to a harvest lot.
FertigationNutrients are logged per tank, not per room.
Environmental monitoringDeviations recorded, never investigated.
Sensor placementSensors sit where readings look good, not where the crop sits.

Illustrative examples. Every findings log I issue carries both columns.

Room-to-Record Inspection

One day on-site. A findings log graded Critical, Major and Minor, each tied to its clause and its room. $2,500 fixed plus travel at cost — credited in full if you start a programme within 60 days.

Plan my inspection

“Very knowledgeable across every type of certification — the right person to build a QMS, maintain it and keep it sustained.”

Facility Director, export-licensed pharmaceutical-cannabis cultivation facility, Thailand
Who it's for

Four situations I get called into.

1

You can't export without a certificate

Licensed, well grown — and a buyer who won't move without GACP.

2

You failed an audit

Open non-conformances and a contract waiting on the outcome.

3

You're still building

Designing compliance in now costs a fraction of retrofitting it.

4

You import and need to trust the farm

I audit your supplier's rooms and records and tell you what the certificate doesn't.

What you get

Fixed where it starts. Held by your own team.

1 · A two-column findings log

Each gap graded, cited to its clause and traced to where it starts.

2 · A corrective plan

Owner and deadline per finding, tracked to close — on the room as well as the record.

3 · A QMS your team can run

Handed over through mock audits and SOP walkthroughs, then support through the certification audit.

Billed by milestone, with each stage's deliverables agreed in writing before it starts.

Who you're hiring

A grower who reads Annex 7.

Pato Stein in protective coverall and hair covering inside a licensed cannabis flowering room
Founder & Principal Consultant
Pato Stein
Barcelona · English and Spanish · On-site worldwide
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I ran commercial grow rooms for twenty years before I started auditing them. So I read a drying-room log and a micro result as one problem, not two — the link a pure document reviewer misses.

And if your facility isn't ready, I'll tell you before the audit, not after it.

  • 2026–27Postgraduate Diploma, Pharmaceutical Quality Systems — IL3, Universitat de Barcelona (in progress)
  • 2025ECA Academy — GMP-Compliance Manager — CAPA, ICH Q9, supplier qualification
  • 2025European QP Association · ECA GMP Pharma Congress

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Standards

One quality system across the standards you need.

Before you get in touch

The questions I get asked first.

How long does certification take?
Typically around six months, depending on your starting point. The pre-audit gives you a realistic timeline within the first few weeks.
Do you issue the certificate?
No. Accredited bodies such as Control Union, or authorities such as DTAM, issue it. I get your facility and team ready to pass. Keeping those roles separate is what makes the certificate worth something to your buyers.
BioCompliance is part of Hydrofarm. Will you push their equipment?
No. Recommendations are vendor-neutral, and Hydrofarm products are never a condition of any finding or programme.
Are you insured, and who owns the work?
Professional indemnity and public liability cover every engagement. Custom deliverables are yours on full payment.
Next step

Book a free 20-minute call.

Tell me what you grow, where you want to sell it and which certificate is blocking you. I'll tell you how far off you are — and if you don't need me, I'll say so. Replies within one business day.

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Pato Stein
Founder & Principal Consultant · Barcelona, Spain
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