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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
California Universal Symbol for Cannabis


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

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


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