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

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


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