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

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

Check back here for updates.


Last updated on March 26, 2024



*Note: Year domain name registered
All Rights Reserved