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

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


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