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OEHHA finalizes new Proposition 65 regulation governing exposure to acrylamide in cooked foods

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead agency that implements California’s Proposition 65 (Prop 65), recently finalized a regulation that addresses when acrylamide in cooked or heat processed...more

OEHHA finalizes alternative safe harbor warning for exposures to acrylamide from food

On November 1, 2022, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced that the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) had approved its proposal to add an alternative, non-mandatory safe harbor...more

OEHHA announces new modification of proposed acrylamide regulation for foods

On October 6, 2022, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead agency that implements California’s Proposition 65 (Prop 65), provided notice of new changes to the proposed regulation. If adopted,...more

New Acrylamide Prop 65 lawsuits: preliminary injunction reinstated; proposed regulation disapproved

Two significant decisions were recently issued regarding California’s Proposition 65 (Prop 65). First, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reinstated a district court’s preliminary injunction halting new...more

California’s OEHHA proposed modified regulation on warnings for chemicals formed during cooking

On Friday, 16 April 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead agency that implements California’s Proposition 65, proposed modified language for its new regulation on the warning...more

Preliminary injunction issued against new Proposition 65 lawsuits for acrylamide in food & beverage

On 29 March 2021 the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California entered a significant ruling temporarily halting the filing of new lawsuits by the California Attorney General and anyone else related...more

California update: OEHHA extends comment period

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is extending the public comment period for its proposal that lays out what constitutes a Proposition 65 exposure that would require warnings for listed...more

California’s OEHHA releases draft report questioning the safety of FDA approved certified colors

On August 28, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead state agency for the assessment of health risks posed by chemical substances, released a draft report concluding its review of the...more

Proposed Regulation would Significantly Change the Warning Requirements for Acrylamide and Other Chemicals Formed During the...

On August 4, 2020, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead agency that implements California’s Proposition 65 (Prop 65), proposed to adopt a new regulation that would significantly change the...more

Proposition 65 Updates: Permanent Injunction Against Glyphosate, Proposed Naturally-Occurring Lead Levels in Certain Candies, and...

We would like to bring to your attention three recent developments related to California’s Proposition 65. On July 8, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) adopted three safe harbor levels or maximum...more

California Chamber of Commerce Challenges the Proposition 65 Acrylamide Warning for Foods

A lawsuit filed yesterday by the California Chamber of Commerce challenges the legality of Proposition 65 warnings on foods that contain acrylamide. The Complaint, which named the Attorney General of the State of California...more

Cannabis Regulation Update: FDA Announces Public Meeting on Cannabis; FDA and FTC Issue Warning Letters to Manufacturers of CBD...

This post summarizes several regulatory developments related to cannabis and cannabis derivatives, including cannabidiol (CBD). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced it will hold a public meeting on May...more

OEHHA Proposes Significant Amendment on Determining the Daily Intake of Listed Chemicals as Causing Reproductive Toxicity

Last week, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead agency that implements California’s Proposition 65, proposed an amendment to the existing regulation requiring: (1) the average...more

California Appeals Court Reverses Decision Requiring Proposition 65 Warnings on Cereals for Acrylamide

A California appeals court has reversed a trial court decision that would require businesses to post Proposition 65 cancer warnings on certain breakfast cereals for acrylamide. The court ruled that a Proposition 65 warning...more

Proposed OEHHA Regulation Declares No Significant Risk of Listed Proposition 65 Chemicals in Coffee

On Friday, June 15th, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced a proposed regulation clarifying that exposures to Proposition 65 chemicals in coffee do not pose a significant cancer...more

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