A retroactive contract up for approval during Tuesday's Board of Examiners meeting — composed of the governor and other statewide elected officials that oversee contracts and spending — indicated that an employee of the agency tested positive for the novel coronavirus back in April. The agency had not previously announced that a staff member tested presumptive positive.

In the advisory, the department said 30 marijuana dispensaries scattered throughout the state sold the contaminated products during a roughly three-month period — between Oct. 25 and Jan. 16 — and test results showed the contaminated products contained yeast, mold, aspergillus and other potentially harmful bacteria.

The department discovered the contaminated marijuana after it failed another independent laboratory's secondary microbial test. The closure came after previous incidents of inaccurate lab reports and amidst arguments for stricter regulations.