CA AB1826

Requires the Department of Cannabis Control to provide licensees with supporting documentation when notifying them of adulteration, misbranding, or embargo orders, including laboratory certificates of analysis, chain of custody records, and sampling methodology descriptions

Mandates a meet and confer process within 5 business days before voluntary recalls or after mandatory recall orders, prohibiting product destruction until this process concludes or the licensee declines to participate

Requires the department to remove embargo tags within 24 hours of determining cannabis products are not in violation, and to provide weekly updates to licensees if final determinations take longer than 5 business days

Establishes 10-day deadlines for the department to initiate condemnation proceedings after rejecting a corrective action plan or after an embargo, with automatic embargo release if deadlines are missed without good cause

Prohibits the department from requiring licensees to sign liability waivers or waive hearing/appeal rights as a condition of approving recalls, removing embargo tags, or permitting product destruction