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The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment OEHHA proposed modifications to the revisions it first proposed on January 8, 2021, to its Proposition 65 Prop 65 Article 6 clear and reasonable warnings regulations for short-form warnings. ....
Thursday, April 15, 2021 Should companies be forced to label their products as containing chemicals “known” to cause cancer despite controversial scientific information? A federal court in California doesn’t think so. On March 29, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granted a preliminary injunction to the California Chamber of Commerce (“the Chamber”), halting new lawsuits by both the State of California as well as private parties seeking to enforce Proposition 65 (“Prop 65”) warning requirements for the chemical acrylamide in food and beverages. Acrylamide forms in some food during high-temperature cooking processes, such as frying, roasting, and baking, from a reaction between sugars and an amino acid that are naturally present. Acrylamide is found in coffee, French fries, potato chips, roasted nuts, and many foods made from grains (such as breakfast cereals, cookies, and toast). ....
Monday, April 5, 2021 Proposition 65 is the California law that requires warning labels on products sold to California customers that potentially expose users to certain chemicals which may cause a risk of cancer or reproductive harm. The state maintains a list of approximately 900 chemicals that fall within Prop 65, and the statute provides detailed guidance on what the warning label must contain. Because of the steep penalties that can be imposed under Prop 65 litigation, compliance with the warning requirements is vital for any company selling products into California. Recently, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed amendments to the format requirements for Proposition 65 warnings that will require companies to re-assess the sufficiency of their current warnings. ....