California Cannabis Compliance Report — May 2026
California published 2 recalls and 7 enforcement actions in May 2026. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/04/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Cultivation
Annual
|
CG Ranch LLC
CCL18-0001639 |
CCR §15000.1 CCR §15040.2 CCR §15043 CCR §15049.2 CCR §15602 CCR §15602 CCR §15602 |
| 05/06/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Distribution
Annual
|
Msr Supply, LLC
C11-0001877-LIC |
CCR §15000.1 CCR §15000.4 |
| 05/07/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Manufacturer
Annual
|
Epic Bros Enterprises, Inc
DCC-10003710 |
CCR §17408 CCR §17801 BPC §26120 |
| 05/07/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Distribution
Annual
|
Green Global Distributions Inc.
C11-0001281-LIC |
CCR §15047.2 CCR §15048.5 CCR §15314 BPC §26160 |
| 05/07/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Microbusiness
Annual
|
Planet Buds II
C12-0000469-LIC |
CCR §17408 CCR §17411 BPC §26120 |
| 05/07/2026 | Citation and Fine |
Manufacturer
Annual
|
Sw Ventures, LLC
DCC-10003581 |
CCR §15000.1 CCR §15047.2 CCR §17214 CCR §17218 CCR §17300 BPC §26039.6 |
| 05/13/2026 | Annual License Denial |
Cultivation
Annual License Application
|
Block 71
LCA24-0000292 |
CCR §15010 |
Every recall this month
| Date | Type | Category | Licensee | Product | DCC reason (verbatim) | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/05/2026 | Voluntary | Label/data |
Punch Media LLC
DCC-10003615 |
Punch Bar Edible | “Adulterated and Misbranded: Other” |
Internal → DCC → |
| 05/08/2026 | Voluntary | Label/data |
Elevation Distro, LLC
DCC-10003567 |
Canna Creamery Edible | “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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| February 2026 | 2 | 1 |
| March 2026 | 6 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 2 | 2 |
| Trailing-12 total | 48 | 24 |
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 Jun 1, 2026 · 1:13 PM GMT+0000. Underlying data refreshed daily. Current live tracker: phenominal.io/recalls.
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