California Cannabis Compliance Report — January 2026
California published 3 recalls and 13 enforcement actions in January 2026. 3 cited label or cannabinoid-pipeline failures.
Recalls this month
DCC enforcement actions this month
Every enforcement action this month
| Date | Action | License type / status | Licensee | Sections cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/07/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Cultivation
Annual
|
DR. TOKE, LLC.
CCL21-0005022 |
CCR §15000.7 CCR §15048.5 CCR §15049 |
| 01/07/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Distribution
Annual
|
Ck Distribution
C11-0000276-LIC |
CCR §15040.2 CCR §15041.3 CCR §15041.4 CCR §15041.7 |
| 01/07/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Cultivation
Annual
|
Reindeer Farms, LLC
CCL21-0004232 |
BPC §26039.5 |
| 01/07/2026 | Citation and Fine |
—
Unlicensed
|
Theobald Rudolf IV
|
BPC §26037.5 |
| 01/21/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Retailer
Annual
|
Proper Wellness, Inc.
C10-0000599-LIC |
CCR §15041.3 CCR §15041.4 CCR §15049 |
| 01/22/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Cultivation
Annual
|
Hog Trap Farms LLC
CCL18-0003623 |
CCR §15048.1 CCR §15049.1 |
| 01/22/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Cultivation
Annual
|
Hog Trap Farms LLC
CCL18-0003624 |
CCR §15048.1 CCR §15049.1 |
| 01/22/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Cultivation
Annual
|
Hog Trap Farms LLC
CCL18-0003625 |
CCR §15048.1 CCR §15049.1 |
| 01/22/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Cultivation
Annual
|
Hog Trap Farms LLC
CCL20-0003205 |
CCR §15047.2 CCR §15048 CCR §15048.1 CCR §15049.1 |
| 01/23/2026 | Annual License Denial |
Manufacturer
Annual License Applicant
|
LUZAN PARC, INC.
M-24-0000013-APP |
BPC §26037.5 |
| 01/28/2026 | Annual License Denial |
Cultivation
Annual License Applicant
|
RVG HUMBOLDT
LCA22-0001164 |
CCR §15010 CCR §15011 CCR §15015 CCR §15020.3 BPC §26051.5 |
| 01/29/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Distribution
Annual
|
Kind Op LLC.
C11-0000556-LIC |
CCR §15052.1 CCR §15303 CCR §15305 |
| 01/30/2026 | Annual License Denial |
Cultivation
Annual License Applicant
|
CMC Culture LLC
LCA24-0000390 |
BPC §26037.5 BPC §26051.5 |
Every recall this month
| Date | Type | Category | Licensee | Product | DCC reason (verbatim) | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/15/2026 | Voluntary | Label/data |
Arbala Weed LLC
C11-0001275-LIC |
Blazrade Integrated Vaporizer | “Misbranded: Other” |
Internal → DCC → |
| 01/16/2026 | Voluntary Rescinded | Label/data |
—
|
(RECALL RESCINDED) Back Country Concentrate - | “Adulterated and Misbranded: Other” |
Internal → DCC → |
| 01/16/2026 | Voluntary Rescinded | Label/data |
—
|
(RECALL RESCINDED) Back Country Flower - | “Adulterated and 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| December 2025 | 8 | 3 |
| January 2026 | 3 | 3 |
| Trailing-12 total | 85 | 36 |
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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