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

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

Check back here for updates.


Last updated on March 26, 2024



*Note: Year domain name registered
All Rights Reserved