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

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


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