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

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


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