A state court has issued an order staying enforcement of California’s Proposition 12 for noncompliant pork in the supply chain as of July 1, 2023, permitting it to be sold through in California until December 31, 2023....more
BB&K’s New Law Guidance for a Well-Informed Start to 2023 - In Part Six of our “In With the New” series, Best Best & Krieger LLP covers important new legislation related to environmental matters, housing and public...more
If you are in the business of buying or selling pork-based products, then you have probably heard of California’s Proposition 12. As it pertains to pork, the law requires that pig confinement systems are large enough to...more
On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 45 (AB-45) that “prohibit[s] restrictions on the sale of dietary supplements, food, beverages, cosmetics, or pet food that include...more
On October 6, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB-45, creating an explicit framework for the manufacture and sale of hemp-derivative products in the state of California. While hemp was legalized at the federal...more
The times are a-changin’ for California’s cannabis industry. In the first post of a three-part VS Insights series focused on California cannabis, we will highlight the impact of the 2021 Budget Trailer Bill and the upcoming...more
California’s comparable-to-organic “OCal” certification program for cannabis and nonmanufactured cannabis products officially went into effect on July 14, 2021. The OCal program represents a new branch of state cannabis...more
In an effort to centralize and simplify regulatory and licensing oversight of the cannabis market, California has created the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC). With the passage of Assembly Bill 141, the DCC...more
On July 12, 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 141 (AB-141), which creates the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC). The DCC will consolidate the three state cannabis programs – the Bureau of...more
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) recently released long-awaited proposed regulations to implement Proposition 12, the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative (the proposed regulations). ...more
The specific location of a product’s origin is more important with some products than others. Wine is the classic example, as the dirt and surrounding climate in which grapes are grown can have a profound effect on the nature...more
In February of 2020, the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) issued its first iteration of the Cannabis Appellations Program (CAP), which set forth proposed regulations for licensed cannabis cultivators to...more
A force majeure clause in a contract permits the suspension, or in some cases, the termination, of performance by a party to the contract upon the occurrence of a force majeure event. Traditionally, a force majeure event is a...more
In February 2020, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (“CDFA”) released its proposed regulations for a first of its kind appellation program for cannabis cultivators. The appellation program was established...more
The California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) recently released the first iteration of its Cannabis Appellations Program (CAP), which sets forth proposed regulations for licensed cultivators to establish appellations...more
California Cannabis Cultivators Stuck Without Licenses: Ab-97 Gives Some Relief, but Immediate Stop-Gap Measures Still Necessary - Over the past few months, thousands of California cannabis farms that had been operating...more