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

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


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