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

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

Check back here for updates.


Last updated on March 26, 2024



*Note: Year domain name registered
All Rights Reserved