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

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


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