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

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


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