San Leandro, CA Public Health Rules: Food Handler Certification (2026)

Section 4-33-500(a)(15) sets local rules for edible cannabis products at licensed dispensaries that apply until the State adopts its own regulations covering the same ground. Subsection (viii) requires that a patient or primary caregiver producing edibles sold at more than one dispensary within the City or Alameda County hold a valid State food handler certificate; if several people work on production at one facility, only one needs the certification, but the certificate number of the person who prepared the product must be kept on record at the dispensary where it is sold, with a copy available on-site or produced on request during inspections.

The dispensary's own State certification number, once issued, must likewise be kept on file and made available for inspection. The same subsection bars refrigerated or hot-held edibles absent a case-by-case exemption from the City in consultation with the Alameda County Department of Public Health, which can require a HACCP plan for exempted items such as ice cream. Baked goods, tinctures and other non-refrigerated items are allowed. Packaging rules require individual wrapping at the point of preparation, allergen warnings, total cannabis weight, a medication warning, a child-safety warning, and the manufacture date, and edibles resembling ordinary food must leave the dispensary in opaque packaging.

Anyone preparing edibles must wash hands before production and wear gloves when packaging, and people suffering acute gastrointestinal illness or a foodborne-transmissible communicable disease are barred from preparing edibles until they recover.