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

California Universal Symbol for Cannabis
California Universal Symbol for Cannabis


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

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


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