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recent california business licensing news and updates California Commercial Cannabis Licenses (Medicinal and Adult-use Recreational) include:

California Universal Symbol for Cannabis
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This site focuses or refers to information and services regarding compliance with regulations Financial information licensed cannabis distributors Local Issuing Authority dried flower designated structure ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) cannabis event organizer license purchasing cannabis products on tribal lands CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing three cannabis licensing authorities entry into the legal, regulated market Manufactured Cannabis Licensing System (MCLS) manufacturing practices 2024 regulations 2024 proposed changes cultivation Physical address procedures for inventory control California Department of Public Health (CDPH) surety bond nonlaboratory quality control 2024 issues security and cannabis waste disposal consumption of alcohol or tobacco tobacco products CDPH-issued universal symbol edible products Microbial Impurities Testing (Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp.) ANTICIPATED ANNUAL (NONTEMPORARY) LICENSE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS sanitary and hazard-free environment edibles packaging opaque local jurisdiction extracts Temporary event up to 4 days definition of owner licensed cannabis cultivators Temporary Cannabis Event annual license application manufacturing final form The Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) 2024 problems packaging and labeling requirements Form # CDPH-9041 immature live plants and seeds being transported from a licensed nursery child-resistant outer package loan provided to a commercial cannabis business labels not be attractive workshops hosted by the Bureau of Cannabis Control secured area ingredient list testing lab sanitary workplaces Bond and Insurance Information child-resistant packaging The California Department of Public Health's Arranging for laboratory testing Manufacturing (non-volatile) licensing and regulating commercial cannabis manufacturers Transition Period manufacturing (Level 1 manufacturing, Type 6) quality control Category I Residual Solvents and Processing Chemicals Testing tamper-evident exit packaging cannabis training Local Authorization supply chains for medicinal and adult-use cannabis products California Public Records Act contaminant free adult-use commercial cannabis activity A-license and an M-license for the same commercial cannabis activity health impacts of cannabis tinctures local jurisdiction’s ordinances and regulations cannabis products in container or wrapper for sale commercial cannabis manufacturing activity Local Jurisdictions Business and Professions Code section 26050.1 no infusion of nicotine manufacturing cannabis products cannabis cartoons 100 mg of THC per package online licensing system opaque exit package M-license meat and seafood, and other products onsite sale and consumption of cannabis goods Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch Butane/Hexane/Propane written procedures for inventory control Licensee Lookup Tool California Department of Public Health Personnel Requirements Operating Procedures allergen information Temporary License Application waste disposal scaled to the gross annual revenue of the licensed premises 2024 new laws highly-concentrated THC/CBD such as oil, wax and resin hang tag or a peel-back label Cultivation less than 10,000 retailers evidence of rehabilitation recordkeeping regulations for medical and adult-use cannabis in California disposal temporary license secondary package amount of THC content capsules Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch Incorporating THC/CBD concentrates investment into a commercial cannabis business three state cannabis-licensing authorities health claims Proposed Section 40133 laboratory quality assurance supplemental label Water/Food-grade Dry Ice sales of cannabis goods government warning statement label Business Information required limits BUREAU OF CANNABIS CONTROL track and trace system Heavy Metals Testing shipping manifest Bond in the amount of $5,000 property for the commercial cannabis activity Fingerprints disposal and destruction methods emergency regulations motor carrier permit stickers Owner Non-Storefront Retailer (Type 9) minimum standards for extraction processes limited to a maximum of 10 mg of THC per serving conditional license aggregate interest of 20% or more regulations for medicinal and adult-use cannabis local jurisdiction authorization at least 99% purity cannabis waste no added caffeine Premises diagram Mycotoxins Testing chain of custody activity for a period of 120 days supply chain Microbusiness shares of stock that are less than 5% of the total shares in a publicly traded company CDPH-9041 Criminal History security 600-foot radius of a school Distributor transport Track and Trace 2024 revisions potentially-hazardous foods Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) THC levels public health and safety Moisture Content Testing financial interest holder commercial cannabis manufacturers Vehicle Requirements shared-use manufacturing facilities Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) commercial cannabis manufacturing commercial cannabis manufacturing in California convicted of a substantially related crime pre-made or purchased Department of Food and Agriculture’s CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing division product as a candy prohibited cannabis industries MANUFACTURED CANNABIS SAFETY BRANCH licensing scheme protocol no infusion of alcohol A-license Microbial Impurities Testing (A. fumigatus, A. flavus, A. niger, A. terreus) 120 days comply with all packaging and labeling requirements transportation The Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) medicinal commercial cannabis activity operating premises remove THC/CBD infusion Business Organizational Live Scans for each owner secondary packaging cannabis cultivation licensing 2024 updates Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act carbohydrates and fat per serving local jurisdiction’s requirements medicinal and adult use cannabis goods transported together packaging Application Checklist state cannabis licensing identity of the product testing methods Licensees paper inserted into the packaging licensing cannabis third-party testing laboratories shaped like a human, animal, insect, or fruit periods of 90 days extensions Premises Diagram delivery vehicle $3,000 of cannabis goods Cannabis Manufacturing Category II Residual Solvents and Processing Chemicals Testing licensed cannabis manufacturers equity interest in a commercial cannabis business requiring refrigeration licensing cannabis microbusinesses Conducting quality assurance review of cannabis goods commercial kitchens labeling packaging and labeling requirements for pre-rolls cannabis market limited to a maximum of 1,000 mg per package Industrial Hemp Advisory Board public Licensee Lookup Tool valid waiver diagram of the business’s layout finished product Category II Residual Pesticides Testing amount of THC/CBD per serving and per package inventory persons 21 years of age or older medicinal and adult-use commercial cannabis activity Premises Information license review process MCSB’s temporary license application sampling standards 2024 recent news good manufacturing practices payable to the state of California medicinal and adult-use cannabis manufacturing testing laboratories mandated warning statements destruction of cannabis goods Distributor Transport Only persons with a financial interest in the cannabis business MCSB cannabis plants microbusinesses packaging and labeling Foreign Material Testing 2,000 mg of THC per package for the medicinal-use market access to the area(s) sugar Identifying information evidence of the legal right to occupy the premises basic nutritional information CDTFA seller’s permit extraction Terpenoids Testing licensed premises alcoholic beverages Labor peace agreement CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF CANNABIS CONTROL an officer or director of a cannabis business inventory and quality control Completed Temporary License Application Form inhalable cannabis managing member CO2 and ethanol extractions at least 20% ownership interest Category I Residual Pesticides Testing Individual Owner small product packaging Financial Interest exception for testing laboratories Edibles– Products Ethanol hydrocarbon-based solvents M-licensees licenses for both medicinal and adult-use cannabis manufacturing at the same premises Carbon Dioxide (CO2) list of artificial food colorings Percentage of ownership Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (PPPA) Proposition 64: The Adult Use of Cannabis Act of 2016 A-licensees Type S share facility space medicinal and adult-use or both markets product formulation commercial cannabis products operating procedures commercial cannabis activity informational panel onsite consumption of cannabis goods the commercial medicinal and adult-use (recreational) some nutritional facts 2024 laws contaminants transport cannabis goods to retailer premises diagram Extractions using CO2 period of 120 days cannabis sales and/or consumption manned motor vehicle storage of cannabis goods disclosure of all criminal convictions unique ID/batch number transportation and security Mechanical must enter certain events waste management laws cannabis adult-use products Food-grade Butter/Oil re-sealable Transport vehicles alarm system Proposition 65 compliance with local jurisdiction separate applications Retailer (nonstorefront) Temporary License Application Information distributors amount of sodium vape cartridges Cannabinoids Testing Retailer (Type 10) manufacturing activities licensed physical location (premises) A-license and an M-license certified by a California-licensed engineer transportation of cannabis goods ownership premises is not within a Government Local Authorization Attachment Department of Consumer Affairs’ Bureau of Cannabis Control manufacturer's name 2024 fines Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act of 2015 Licensee Information testing of cannabis goods manufacture cannabis products 600 foot radius of a school member manager licensing cannabis retailers regulatory framework topicals manufacturers who package for other producers structure and formation documents conducting quality assurance review Homogeneity Testing of Edible Cannabis Products 2024 resolutions medicinal and adult-use markets concentrate product guidelines Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) Water Activity Testing of Solid or Semi-Solid Edibles 2024 important information loop system volatile solvent primary panel requirements Seller’s permit number highly-concentrated oils or waxes cultivation (on an area less than 10,000 square feet) transporting cannabis goods licensing cannabis distributors 2024 compliance LICENSE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS and more.

In addition, Processing aid THC limit of 10 milligrams per serving and 100 milligrams per package infused butters and oils as concentrates Raw material Nursery Type 14 (Cannabis Event Organizer) Dried flower cakes, cookies, beverages and juices, tea and coffee, chocolates, gummies, gum, and mints THC DPH-17-010E UID Mixed-light Tier 2 Adult-use Market Sanitize Type 3 (Cultivation; Outdoor; Medium) Quarantine Request for Live Scan Quality Track and trace system Medium Indoor Lot Type 9 (Non-Storefront Retailer) Mixed-light cultivation Net weight Pest Type 1 (Cultivation; Specialty outdoor; Small) Holding Specialty Mixed-Light Tier 2 Volatile solvent Manufacturer licensee Flowering Type 6 (Manufacturer 1) Extraction: Non-volatile Solvents, Mechanical Methods Contact surface alternate use of a manufacturing premises Type P Packaging & Labeling Only Cannabis product Wet weight Serving Processing CBD from industrial hemp Informational panel Type 8 (Testing Laboratory) Cultivation Outdoor cultivation Type N – for infusions infused pre-rolls cannabis concentrates Type 13 (Distributor Transport Only) Type 3B (Cultivation; Mixed-light; Medium) Cultivation site Theoretical yield Ingredient Specialty Indoor Type 5A (Cultivation; Indoor; Large) Actual yield Type 2 (Cultivation; Outdoor; Small) gross annual revenue for first year in operation under MAUCRSA Type 2A (Cultivation; Indoor; Small) products similar to traditional food products prohibited Track-and-trace systems package flower or pre-rolls Type 2B (Cultivation; Mixed-light; Small) Specialty Outdoor Unique identifier Type 7 (Manufacturer 2) Extraction: Volatile Solvents Type 4 (Cultivation; Nursery) Type 5B (Cultivation; Mixed-light; Large) Type 7 – for extraction using a volatile solvent (ex: butane, propane and hexane) Proposition 65 warning statement Specialty Cottage Mixed-Light Tier 1 Qualified individual Validation Quality control operation adulteration M-license Universal symbol Type 5 (Cultivation; Outdoor; Large) Processor Nonmanufactured cannabis product Watts per square foot Indoor cultivation Type 1A (Cultivation; Specialty indoor; Small) Primary panel Type 6 – for extraction using a mechanical method or non-volatile solvent (ex: CO2, ethanol, water, or food-grade dry ice, cooking oils or butter) Type S (coming soon, shared-use manufacturing facilities) Premises Kief Nonvolatile solvent Product Identity Commercial cannabis activity Manufacture Process Pathogen Edible cannabis product Canopy Specialty Cottage Indoor Adulterated Batch MCSB 90-day extension periods Type 1C (Cultivation; Specialty cottage; Small) Applicant list of cannabis manufacturers Small Mixed-Light Tier 2 Type 1B (Cultivation; Specialty mixed-light; Small) Component Small Indoor In-process material Licensee Commercial-grade, non-residential door lock Allergen cross-contact Quality control personnel Finished product Extraction Medium Mixed-Light Tier 1 Topical cannabis product Type 11 (Distributor) Adequate Department Hazard Mixed-light Tier 1 Type 10 (Retailer) Package Verification Small Mixed-Light Tier 1 Type N Infusions (optional packaging and labeling) Type 12 (Microbusiness) Environmental pathogen Bureau Harvest Batch Infusion Specialty Mixed-Light Tier 1 Pre-roll Labeling track and trace system Specialty Cottage Mixed-Light Tier 2 Personnel Allergen Specialty Cottage Outdoor Type P – for packaging and labeling only Small Outdoor Type 3A (Cultivation; Indoor; Medium) Microorganisms Distribution Preventive controls Limited-access area Immature plant Mature plant Medium Outdoor Monitor CBD Medium Mixed-Light Tier 2 and more.


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