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

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


Last updated on December 18, 2024



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