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

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


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