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Some of the cannabis grown by CannTrust Holdings Inc. in unlicensed rooms at its Niagara facility has already been shipped to provinces across the country, the company’s chief executive officer, Peter Aceto, confirmed on Monday.

The acknowledgment in an interview with the Financial Post came after CannTrust revealed Monday that Health Canada had put a freeze on more than 5,000 kg of marijuana at its Pelham, Ont., plant after finding it had been grown in five unlicensed rooms. The company’s stock closed down more than 20 per cent in Toronto following the announcement.

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It is unclear when the unlicensed product was packaged and shipped to the provinces, or whether the product in question had been sold to Canadian consumers.

“Some of that product has left. We feel confident in its quality and safety because it has gone through testing in Health Canada-sponsored third party labs, as well as our own quality testing. But yes, some product has definitely been released to the provinces,” Aceto said.