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

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

Check back here for updates.


Last updated on March 26, 2024



*Note: Year domain name registered
All Rights Reserved