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

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


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