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California Cannabis Compliance Report — November 2025

California published 3 recalls and 16 enforcement actions in November 2025. 2 cited label or cannabinoid-pipeline failures.

Recalls this month

Recalls this month
3
Vs prior month
2
+1 MoM
Vs same month prior year
3
flat YoY
Category mix: Label/data: 2 Contamination: 1

DCC enforcement actions this month

Actions this month
16
Vs prior month
29
-13 MoM
Vs same month prior year
23
-7 YoY
CCR + BPC sections cited
76
Action type mix: Annual License Denial: 5 Citation and Fine: 11

Every enforcement action this month

Date Action License type / status Licensee Sections cited
11/05/2025 Annual License Denial Distribution
Annual License Applicant
The Kabuki Group, LLC
C11-18-0001198-APP
CCR §15000.3 CCR §15044 CCR §15046 CCR §15047.2 CCR §15311 CCR §15312 CCR §15313 CCR §17800 BPC §26070 BPC §26070 BPC §26160
11/05/2025 Annual License Denial Distribution
Annual License Applicant
PUREST USA, LLC
C11-19-0000253-APP
CCR §15000.7 CCR §15010 CCR §15044 CCR §15047.2 BPC §26055
11/05/2025 Annual License Denial Distribution
Annual License Applicant
B-Perris Grow, LLC
C11-19-0000511-APP
CCR §15000.1 CCR §15000.7 CCR §15027 CCR §15036 CCR §15047.2 CCR §15048.4 CCR §15302
11/06/2025 Citation and Fine Distribution
Annual
Coastal Business Distribution, LLC
C11-0000173-LIC
CCR §15041.3 CCR §15041.4 CCR §15044 CCR §15048.5 CCR §15051 CCR §15302 CCR §15302
11/11/2025 Citation and Fine Retailer
Annual
Fifth And Green LLC
C10-0000781-LIC
CCR §15044 BPC §26160
11/13/2025 Citation and Fine Microbusiness
Annual
Jr Gardens, LLC
C12-0000515-LIC
CCR §15000.6 CCR §15027 CCR §15037 CCR §15047.2 CCR §15048.5
11/14/2025 Annual License Denial Manufacturer
Annual License Applicant
KDM HOLDINGS LLC
APL-6256
CCR §15000.3 CCR §15000.4 CCR §15010 CCR §15034 CCR §15036 CCR §15044 CCR §17800 CCR §17800 CCR §17801 BPC §26055 BPC §26160
11/15/2025 Citation and Fine Distribution
Annual
Merced Distribution LLC
C11-0001612-LIC
CCR §15000.1 CCR §15052.1
11/19/2025 Annual License Denial Retailer (Non-Storefront)
Annual License Applicant
CARE VERMONT HOLISTICS
C9-23-0000021-APP
CCR §15014.1 CCR §15015 CCR §17801
11/19/2025 Citation and Fine Manufacturer
Annual
Have It Inc.
DCC-10004880
CCR §15000.1 CCR §15037 CCR §15044 CCR §15044 CCR §15047.2 CCR §15311
11/19/2025 Citation and Fine Microbusiness
Annual
Mannawell LLC
C12-0000242-LIC
CCR §15000.3 CCR §17800 BPC §26160
11/20/2025 Citation and Fine Microbusiness
Annual
EWC Resources, Inc. dba Elemental Wellness Center
C12-0000029-LIC
CCR §15041.7 CCR §15403
11/20/2025 Citation and Fine Retailer (Non-Storefront)
Provisional
Crescent Distribution Inc
C9-0000447-LIC
CCR §15044 CCR §15048.5 CCR §15049.3 CCR §15415 CCR §17801 BPC §26030 BPC §26067 BPC §26070
11/26/2025 Citation and Fine
Unlicensed
Plai Xiong*
BPC §26037.5
11/26/2025 Citation and Fine Retailer
Annual
Valley Pure Tulare, LLC
C10-0001199-LIC
CCR §15048.5 CCR §15406
11/26/2025 Citation and Fine
Unlicensed
Anna Karapetyan*
LCA24-0000408
BPC §26037.5

Every recall this month

Date Type Category Licensee Product DCC reason (verbatim) Detail
11/14/2025 Voluntary Label/data PJC Wellness LLC
C12-0000592-LIC
Humble Bounty Flower “Adulterated and Misbranded: Other” Internal →
DCC →
11/20/2025 Voluntary Contamination The Distillate Company LLC
C11-0000604-LIC
Caviar Gold Infused Pre-Roll “Adulterated: Pesticide Category I Contamination (Paclobutrazol)” Internal →
DCC →
11/26/2025 Voluntary Label/data Scislc LLC
C11-0001355-LIC
CLSICS Edible “Misbranded: Other” Internal →
DCC →

Trailing 12 months in context

Where this month sits in the trailing 12 months — recalls per month, with the label-pipeline share visible against the total.

Month Total recalls Label-pipeline
December 2024 9 3
January 2025 4 3
February 2025 7 3
March 2025 14 3
April 2025 18 5
May 2025 9 7
June 2025 7 3
July 2025 8 3
August 2025 6 1
September 2025 7 5
October 2025 2 1
November 2025 3 2
Trailing-12 total 94 39

About this report

This report is generated on the 1st of each month from data Phenominal Consulting maintains from two California Department of Cannabis Control public sources: recalls.cannabis.ca.gov (recall notices) and cannabis.ca.gov/cannabis-laws/compliance-action-records (enforcement actions — citations, suspensions, revocations, license denials). Every record on this report is sourced verbatim from a DCC public notice. The DCC portals are the authoritative source; if you find a discrepancy, the portal is correct — please let us know.

Category labels on recalls (contamination, label/data, mixed, other, packaging) are interpretive groupings applied by Phenominal Consulting based on the verbatim DCC reason language on each notice. They are not DCC's own classification. Enforcement action types (Citation and Fine, Suspension, Revocation, Annual License Denial) are DCC's own labels.

Counts reflect each separately-published record on the DCC portals. DCC publishes one recall row per recalled SKU; a single enforcement event that pulls multiple SKUs publishes as multiple rows. Enforcement actions are counted once per published action.

Report generated May 19, 2026 · 11:42 AM GMT+0000. Underlying data refreshed daily. Current live tracker: phenominal.io/recalls.

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