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recent california business licensing news and updates California Commercial Cannabis Licenses (Medicinal and Adult-use Recreational) include:



Resources:
Bureau of Cannabis Control
Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch
CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing
California Universal Symbol for Cannabis
California Universal Symbol for Cannabis


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

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


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