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

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


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