Eco Certified - Green Trusted
California Cannabis Licensing

Researching Cannabis Requirements Marijuana Consulting


Since 2001*

Home | About | News | Cannabis Business License Compliance | Resources | Contact
California Cannabis Business License Consultants

Cannabis Licensing in California



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

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

Check back here for updates.


Last updated on March 16, 2024



*Note: Year domain name registered
All Rights Reserved