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Cannabis Licensing in California
This site focuses or refers to information and services regarding Application Checklist Transition Period periods of 90 days extensions emergency regulations microbusinesses Operating Procedures M-licensees transporting cannabis goods surety bond delivery vehicle $3,000 of cannabis goods track and trace system laboratory quality assurance cultivation (on an area less than 10,000 square feet) Financial information annual license application alcoholic beverages sugar Moisture Content Testing licensing cannabis distributors Temporary event up to 4 days transportation of cannabis goods 120 days Arranging for laboratory testing Licensee Information edibles packaging opaque Type S share facility space Microbial Impurities Testing (Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp.) cannabis sales and/or consumption manufacture cannabis products operating premises Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch CDPH-9041 regulatory framework A-license and an M-license for the same commercial cannabis activity no 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