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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


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testing of cannabis goods Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) disposal and destruction methods Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) consumption of alcohol or tobacco member manager local jurisdiction A-license and an M-license for the same commercial cannabis activity Local Authorization Attachment highly-concentrated THC/CBD such as oil, wax and resin track and trace system commercial cannabis activity Carbon Dioxide (CO2) motor carrier permit Licensee Lookup Tool cannabis cultivation licensing Manufacturing (non-volatile) Manufactured Cannabis Licensing System (MCLS) Type S share facility space 2025 updates definition of owner certified by a California-licensed engineer CDPH-9041 infusion government warning statement label regulatory framework Licensees 2025 important information Mechanical waste disposal commercial cannabis manufacturing licensed cannabis manufacturers testing laboratories Financial information retailers sugar licensed cannabis distributors ANTICIPATED ANNUAL (NONTEMPORARY) LICENSE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS evidence of the legal right to occupy the premises 2025 new laws licensed cannabis cultivators surety bond 600-foot radius of a school amount of THC/CBD per serving and per package designated structure medicinal and adult-use commercial cannabis activity inventory and quality control allergen information Proposition 65 Licensee Information no infusion of alcohol aggregate interest of 20% or more Bond and Insurance Information 2025 laws managing member Fingerprints comply with all packaging and labeling requirements Non-Storefront Retailer (Type 9) Application Checklist extracts medicinal and adult-use or both markets written procedures for inventory control convicted of a substantially related crime microbusinesses persons with a financial interest in the cannabis business testing lab health impacts of cannabis 2025 regulations Local Authorization BUREAU OF CANNABIS CONTROL commercial cannabis manufacturing activity Premises Information Incorporating THC/CBD concentrates secondary packaging concentrate Cultivation less than 10,000 California Department of Public Health (CDPH) licenses for both medicinal and adult-use cannabis manufacturing at the same premises CDPH-issued universal symbol 2025 recent news shared-use manufacturing facilities small product packaging shaped like a human, animal, insect, or fruit sampling standards sanitary and hazard-free environment informational panel emergency regulations periods of 90 days extensions purchasing cannabis products on tribal lands Category I Residual Pesticides Testing equity interest in a commercial cannabis business The California Department of Public Health's cultivation (on an area less than 10,000 square feet) Vehicle Requirements licensing and regulating commercial cannabis manufacturers Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act entry into the legal, regulated market Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch topicals laboratory quality assurance M-license remove THC/CBD opaque exit package at least 20% ownership interest cultivation Track and Trace tinctures Ethanol separate applications security and cannabis waste disposal CO2 and ethanol extractions 2025 problems Bond in the amount of $5,000 limited to a maximum of 10 mg of THC per serving Heavy Metals Testing loop system ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation medicinal and adult-use markets must enter certain events California Department of Public Health manufacturing LICENSE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS Cannabis Manufacturing ingredient list Cannabinoids Testing volatile solvent evidence of rehabilitation Temporary License Application licensing cannabis third-party testing laboratories manufacturer's name Premises Diagram CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF CANNABIS CONTROL Transport vehicles alarm system temporary license hang tag or a peel-back label compliance with local jurisdiction extraction security transporting cannabis goods supply chains for medicinal and adult-use cannabis products ownership premises is not within a Government packaging and labeling requirements for pre-rolls at least 99% purity licensing cannabis retailers 2025 proposed changes minimum standards for extraction processes Microbial Impurities Testing (Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp.) contaminants local jurisdiction’s requirements testing methods A-license CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing limited to a maximum of 1,000 mg per package commercial cannabis manufacturing in California payable to the state of California Labor peace agreement Conducting quality assurance review of cannabis goods Operating Procedures 100 mg of THC per package cannabis cartoons Moisture Content Testing potentially-hazardous foods transportation and security Microbusiness local jurisdiction authorization Department of Consumer Affairs’ Bureau of Cannabis Control property for the commercial cannabis activity nonlaboratory quality control cannabis waste disposal exception for testing laboratories licensed physical location (premises) vape cartridges conditional license finished product medicinal and adult use cannabis goods transported together dried flower medicinal and adult-use cannabis manufacturing identity of the product Category II Residual Solvents and Processing Chemicals Testing alcoholic beverages edibles packaging opaque Owner delivery vehicle $3,000 of cannabis goods hydrocarbon-based solvents storage of cannabis goods 600 foot radius of a school Arranging for laboratory testing exit packaging Proposed Section 40133 A-license and an M-license transport cannabis goods to retailer cannabis market Financial Interest packaging public Licensee Lookup Tool Distributor transport three cannabis licensing authorities 2025 issues list of artificial food colorings conducting quality assurance review Edibles– Products investment into a commercial cannabis business 2,000 mg of THC per package for the medicinal-use market Percentage of ownership manned motor vehicle waste management laws Category I Residual Solvents and Processing Chemicals Testing Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (PPPA) Microbial Impurities Testing (A. fumigatus, A. flavus, A. niger, A. terreus) good manufacturing practices shares of stock that are less than 5% of the total shares in a publicly traded company inhalable cannabis regulations for medicinal and adult-use cannabis MCSB’s temporary license application manufacturing practices onsite sale and consumption of cannabis goods diagram of the business’s layout Business Information child-resistant packaging sales of cannabis goods public health and safety labeling procedures for inventory control Mycotoxins Testing Terpenoids Testing compliance with regulations transportation Proposition 64: The Adult Use of Cannabis Act of 2016 online licensing system tobacco products Butane/Hexane/Propane an officer or director of a cannabis business cannabis industries sanitary workplaces Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act of 2015 operating procedures regulations for medical and adult-use cannabis in California operating premises activity for a period of 120 days A-licensees 2025 resolutions protocol Water Activity Testing of Solid or Semi-Solid Edibles Form # CDPH-9041 Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch Retailer (Type 10) three state cannabis-licensing authorities secondary package contaminant free carbohydrates and fat per serving edible products loan provided to a commercial cannabis business product formulation THC levels Business Organizational child-resistant outer package Local Jurisdictions Temporary License Application Information cannabis products in container or wrapper for sale Physical address CDTFA seller’s permit licensed premises Premises diagram workshops hosted by the Bureau of Cannabis Control pre-made or purchased Extractions using CO2 cannabis adult-use products adult-use commercial cannabis activity Business and Professions Code section 26050.1 access to the area(s) destruction of cannabis goods commercial cannabis products immature live plants and seeds being transported from a licensed nursery M-licensees Local Issuing Authority Water/Food-grade Dry Ice local jurisdiction’s ordinances and regulations paper inserted into the packaging the commercial medicinal and adult-use (recreational) product as a candy prohibited requiring refrigeration 2025 fines manufacturing activities Distributor Transport Only manufacturing cannabis products cannabis plants health claims valid waiver Food-grade Butter/Oil Identifying information Foreign Material Testing secured area commercial cannabis manufacturers medicinal commercial cannabis activity mandated warning statements structure and formation documents Criminal History Personnel Requirements meat and seafood, and other products Transition Period California Public Records Act distributors highly-concentrated oils or waxes MANUFACTURED CANNABIS SAFETY BRANCH required limits Category II Residual Pesticides Testing licensing cannabis microbusinesses license review process re-sealable Department of Food and Agriculture’s CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing division cannabis sales and/or consumption The Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) Temporary event up to 4 days licensing scheme manufacturers who package for other producers persons 21 years of age or older scaled to the gross annual revenue of the licensed premises amount of THC content product guidelines supplemental label manufacture cannabis products recordkeeping licensing cannabis distributors Temporary Cannabis Event packaging and labeling Live Scans for each owner disclosure of all criminal convictions Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) Industrial Hemp Advisory Board and more.

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


Last updated on January 18, 2025



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