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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 commercial cannabis manufacturing activity potentially-hazardous foods Manufacturing (non-volatile) consumption of alcohol or tobacco licensed cannabis manufacturers volatile solvent tinctures 2025 proposed changes Labor peace agreement commercial cannabis manufacturing in California Local Authorization Attachment Category II Residual Pesticides Testing diagram of the business’s layout annual license application commercial cannabis manufacturing Butane/Hexane/Propane product as a candy prohibited 2025 problems California Department of Public Health Individual Owner supplemental label labels not be attractive sanitary and hazard-free environment 2025 revisions delivery vehicle $3,000 of cannabis goods A-license sugar Completed Temporary License Application Form Department of Food and Agriculture’s CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing division the commercial medicinal and adult-use (recreational) Financial information MCSB Temporary Cannabis Event online licensing system list of artificial food colorings Non-Storefront Retailer (Type 9) Personnel Requirements shipping manifest product formulation inventory 2025 fines Distributor Transport Only Premises Diagram CDPH-9041 Temporary event up to 4 days Fingerprints Track and Trace inhalable cannabis surety bond licensing cannabis retailers MCSB’s temporary license application persons with a financial interest in the cannabis business Premises Information CDTFA seller’s permit Arranging for laboratory testing capsules Local Authorization Temporary License Application THC levels identity of the product manufacture cannabis products allergen information Percentage of ownership health impacts of cannabis child-resistant packaging medicinal and adult-use or both markets pre-made or purchased Local Issuing Authority commercial cannabis activity infusion Business Organizational transportation and security persons 21 years of age or older supply chains for medicinal and adult-use cannabis products Incorporating THC/CBD concentrates 2025 resolutions Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) Category I Residual Pesticides Testing amount of sodium regulations for medical and adult-use cannabis in California A-license and an M-license Business and Professions Code section 26050.1 dried flower conditional license Bond in the amount of $5,000 2025 regulations A-license and an M-license for the same commercial cannabis activity exit packaging cannabis plants paper inserted into the packaging manufacturing must enter certain events Microbial Impurities Testing (A. fumigatus, A. flavus, A. niger, A. terreus) valid waiver secondary packaging A-licensees licensing and regulating commercial cannabis manufacturers microbusinesses emergency regulations 2025 issues contaminants cannabis waste workshops hosted by the Bureau of Cannabis Control Licensee Lookup Tool Transition Period period of 120 days disposal cannabis cultivation licensing no infusion of alcohol Local Jurisdictions sampling standards operating premises aggregate interest of 20% or more secondary package Cannabis Manufacturing immature live plants and seeds being transported from a licensed nursery required limits manufacturer's name 2025 new laws Financial Interest packaging Food-grade Butter/Oil Category II Residual Solvents and Processing Chemicals Testing Heavy Metals Testing local jurisdiction’s ordinances and regulations mandated warning statements Distributor transport distributors commercial cannabis manufacturers tobacco products Category I Residual Solvents and Processing Chemicals Testing Cultivation less than 10,000 600 foot radius of a school remove THC/CBD Moisture Content Testing CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing 2025 compliance ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation licensed premises meat and seafood, and other products Proposition 65 quality control Mycotoxins Testing licensing cannabis distributors three state cannabis-licensing authorities operating procedures supply chain government warning statement label The Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) 100 mg of THC per package informational panel California Department of Public Health (CDPH) definition of owner opaque exit package state cannabis licensing health claims Vehicle Requirements activity for a period of 120 days entry into the legal, regulated market convicted of a substantially related crime purchasing cannabis products on tribal lands alcoholic beverages highly-concentrated oils or waxes good manufacturing practices shares of stock that are less than 5% of the total shares in a publicly traded company transporting cannabis goods investment into a commercial cannabis business written procedures for inventory control primary panel requirements track and trace system procedures for inventory control temporary license at least 20% ownership interest shared-use manufacturing facilities minimum standards for extraction processes Microbusiness certified by a California-licensed engineer extracts small product packaging highly-concentrated THC/CBD such as oil, wax and resin Foreign Material Testing compliance with regulations finished product secured area medicinal and adult-use markets recordkeeping Terpenoids Testing loan provided to a commercial cannabis business manufacturing activities packaging and labeling requirements MANUFACTURED CANNABIS SAFETY BRANCH cannabis market Identifying information M-license medicinal and adult-use commercial cannabis activity medicinal and adult use cannabis goods transported together chain of custody evidence of rehabilitation Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch 2025 important information cultivation loop system medicinal and adult-use cannabis manufacturing commercial cannabis products concentrate CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF CANNABIS CONTROL manned motor vehicle edibles packaging opaque LICENSE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS Operating Procedures property for the commercial cannabis activity requiring refrigeration no infusion of nicotine ingredient list amount of THC content topicals testing lab Carbon Dioxide (CO2) local jurisdiction packaging and labeling product guidelines access to the area(s) testing laboratories Live Scans for each owner cannabis training Proposed Section 40133 regulatory framework conducting quality assurance review Industrial Hemp Advisory Board 600-foot radius of a school extraction hang tag or a peel-back label Conducting quality assurance review of cannabis goods sales of cannabis goods Criminal History regulations for medicinal and adult-use cannabis Ethanol security and cannabis waste disposal periods of 90 days extensions tamper-evident Homogeneity Testing of Edible Cannabis Products disposal and destruction methods hydrocarbon-based solvents sanitary workplaces some nutritional facts cannabis products in container or wrapper for sale nonlaboratory quality control commercial kitchens Licensees re-sealable ANTICIPATED ANNUAL (NONTEMPORARY) LICENSE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS Mechanical licensed physical location (premises) scaled to the gross annual revenue of the licensed premises evidence of the legal right to occupy the premises licensing cannabis third-party testing laboratories final form Premises diagram Licensee Information an officer or director of a cannabis business local jurisdiction’s requirements 120 days exception for testing laboratories waste management laws Proposition 64: The Adult Use of Cannabis Act of 2016 manufacturing (Level 1 manufacturing, Type 6) Physical address transportation of cannabis goods manufacturers who package for other producers 2025 updates managing member stickers public health and safety separate applications Extractions using CO2 vape cartridges 2025 laws packaging and labeling requirements for pre-rolls destruction of cannabis goods BUREAU OF CANNABIS CONTROL structure and formation documents Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) member manager cultivation (on an area less than 10,000 square feet) licensing cannabis microbusinesses license review process Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act Manufactured Cannabis Licensing System (MCLS) CO2 and ethanol extractions Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (PPPA) shaped like a human, animal, insect, or fruit Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act of 2015 laboratory quality assurance Department of Consumer Affairs’ Bureau of Cannabis Control retailers designated structure testing of cannabis goods CDPH-issued universal symbol contaminant free basic nutritional information adult-use commercial cannabis activity labeling licensed cannabis cultivators public Licensee Lookup Tool cannabis industries Owner three cannabis licensing authorities Seller’s permit number edible products Water/Food-grade Dry Ice amount of THC/CBD per serving and per package 2025 recent news local jurisdiction authorization licenses for both medicinal and adult-use cannabis manufacturing at the same premises child-resistant outer package compliance with local jurisdiction licensed cannabis distributors motor carrier permit unique ID/batch number Transport vehicles alarm system Temporary License Application Information The Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) security The California Department of Public Health's storage of cannabis goods cannabis sales and/or consumption onsite consumption of cannabis goods testing methods Water Activity Testing of Solid or Semi-Solid Edibles transport cannabis goods to retailer cannabis event organizer license carbohydrates and fat per serving manufacturing cannabis products waste disposal Form # CDPH-9041 Application Checklist limited to a maximum of 1,000 mg per package limited to a maximum of 10 mg of THC per serving inventory and quality control Business Information Type S share facility space premises diagram 2,000 mg of THC per package for the medicinal-use market Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) manufacturing practices comply with all packaging and labeling requirements M-licensees Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) cannabis adult-use products Retailer (Type 10) cannabis cartoons financial interest holder no added caffeine medicinal commercial cannabis activity Microbial Impurities Testing (Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp.) Retailer (nonstorefront) at least 99% purity protocol licensing scheme ownership premises is not within a Government California Public Records Act onsite sale and consumption of cannabis goods Edibles– Products Bond and Insurance Information disclosure of all criminal convictions transportation Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch equity interest in a commercial cannabis business Cannabinoids Testing payable to the state of California and more.

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


Last updated on February 19, 2025



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