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waiver Industrial Hemp Advisory Board medicinal and adult-use or both markets potentially-hazardous foods manufacturers who package for other producers stickers licenses for both medicinal and adult-use cannabis manufacturing at the same premises Heavy Metals Testing 2,000 mg of THC per package for the medicinal-use market regulations for medical and adult-use cannabis in California consumption of alcohol or tobacco supply chains for medicinal and adult-use cannabis products Local Issuing Authority limited to a maximum of 10 mg of THC per serving Category II Residual Pesticides Testing Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) cannabis event organizer license The Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) amount of THC/CBD per serving and per package testing of cannabis goods Cannabinoids Testing commercial cannabis manufacturing activity Cannabis Manufacturing packaging commercial cannabis manufacturers Food-grade Butter/Oil secured area Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 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Homogeneity Testing of Edible Cannabis Products Cultivation less than 10,000 operating premises sanitary and hazard-free environment product formulation inventory and quality control Distributor transport Premises Information entry into the legal, regulated market Transition Period paper inserted into the packaging persons 21 years of age or older 2024 resolutions M-license licensed cannabis cultivators license review process Non-Storefront Retailer (Type 9) protocol structure and formation documents meat and seafood, and other products microbusinesses vape cartridges Type S share facility space licensing cannabis microbusinesses extraction payable to the state of California packaging and labeling requirements manufacturer's name licensing cannabis distributors licensed cannabis distributors A-license and an M-license security MCSB’s temporary license application child-resistant packaging The California Department of Public Health's licensing cannabis third-party testing laboratories minimum standards for extraction processes Labor peace agreement Bond and Insurance Information A-licensees transport cannabis goods to retailer Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch retailers edibles packaging opaque Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) list of artificial food colorings Arranging for laboratory testing chain of custody cultivation cannabis cartoons The Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) activity for a period of 120 days Premises Diagram certified by a California-licensed engineer disposal manufacturing (Level 1 manufacturing, Type 6) 2024 fines premises diagram annual license application inventory Local Authorization loop system Terpenoids Testing ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation health impacts of cannabis alcoholic beverages 600-foot radius of a school local jurisdiction’s requirements licensing scheme cannabis market LICENSE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS evidence of rehabilitation Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) public health and safety 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days purchasing cannabis products on tribal lands Conducting quality assurance review of cannabis goods procedures for inventory control Category II Residual Solvents and Processing Chemicals Testing informational panel tamper-evident required limits Microbusiness cannabis plants no infusion of alcohol packaging and labeling requirements for pre-rolls testing lab persons with a financial interest in the cannabis business finished product licensed physical location (premises) remove THC/CBD final form scaled to the gross annual revenue of the licensed premises 2024 compliance testing methods Financial Interest 2024 issues Retailer (Type 10) carbohydrates and fat per serving manned motor vehicle cannabis industries inhalable cannabis quality control Track and Trace amount of THC content Local Authorization Attachment shared-use manufacturing facilities cannabis adult-use products onsite sale and consumption of cannabis goods commercial cannabis products at least 99% purity Owner Form # 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Licensee Lookup Tool Microbial Impurities Testing (Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp.) waste disposal product as a candy prohibited 2024 important information periods of 90 days extensions cultivation (on an area less than 10,000 square feet) Identifying information cannabis cultivation licensing licensed premises Butane/Hexane/Propane workshops hosted by the Bureau of Cannabis Control an officer or director of a cannabis business BUREAU OF CANNABIS CONTROL Department of Consumer Affairs’ Bureau of Cannabis Control 600 foot radius of a school shares of stock that are less than 5% of the total shares in a publicly traded company M-licensees managing member regulatory framework transporting cannabis goods Category I Residual Pesticides Testing highly-concentrated THC/CBD such as oil, wax and resin Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) Temporary Cannabis Event Live Scans for each owner Edibles– Products Department of Food and Agriculture’s CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing division equity interest in a commercial cannabis business Temporary event up to 4 days highly-concentrated oils or waxes conducting quality assurance review no infusion of nicotine Bond in the amount of $5,000 packaging and labeling local jurisdiction some nutritional facts MANUFACTURED CANNABIS SAFETY BRANCH emergency regulations commercial cannabis activity Proposition 65 exit packaging California Department of Public Health volatile solvent primary panel requirements diagram of the business’s layout medicinal and adult use cannabis goods transported together health claims supply chain CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF CANNABIS CONTROL medicinal and adult-use markets surety bond adult-use commercial cannabis activity sales of cannabis goods and more.

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


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