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NEW MOON licensed as Type S manufacturer in California

California's manufacturing roster expands with NEW MOON's active license, part of a week marked by lab and retail turnover.

The Cannabis Newz Automated Desk

Machine-written from our data · source: State license roster

August 18, 2026 · 9:58 AM ET

Cannabis flower on a retail counter — file photo, not the scene of this story.

NEW MOON has been licensed as a Type S manufacturer in California (license DCC-10005135), according to the state license roster. The arrival adds to California's 447 active manufacturing operators, a segment that continues to see modest churn alongside retail and testing infrastructure changes.

The licensing comes amid concurrent shifts in the state's licensed ecosystem. On the same date, Pure Cannalyst Labs was licensed as a new testing facility—though its license was deactivated the following day. Over the past week, three operators ceased activity (Lifted Organics, NEXT GREEN GENERATION LLC, and Yubra LLC), while several retailers underwent name changes and two microbusiness licenses were issued, suggesting ongoing consolidation and rebranding.

Watch whether NEW MOON's manufacturing capacity is absorbed by existing retail networks or signals demand from new market entrants in California's competitive wholesale channel.

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