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California Considers Modifying Prop 65 Warning Requirements (Again)

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In 2021 we wrote about the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) plans to amend regulations governing Proposition 65 (Prop 65) short-form warning labels. On May 20, 2022, however, OEHHA...more

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Prop 65 Alert: Brace Yourselves for the Latest Wave of CA Prop 65 Short-Form Warning Updates

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OEHHA is proposing a significant change to the Proposition 65 “short-form warning” to require that this warning identify a specific Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) chemical. Currently, the short-form warning requires...more

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New OEHHA Proposition 65 Acrylamide Warning Label Does Little to Resolve Pending First Amendment Challenges

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On September 16, 2022, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) submitted to the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) a revised Proposition 65 warning label requirement for the use of...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

The Ever-Shifting Landscape of Prop 65 Acrylamide Regulation

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It has thus far been a noteworthy year for acrylamide, a Proposition 65-listed substance that naturally forms in the cooking and heating of many plant-based foods. Both the courts and the California Office of Environmental...more

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

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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

Stoel Rives LLP

Prop 65 Changes Coming That Could Cause Headaches For Businesses

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If you sell goods in the State of California, you are probably familiar with Proposition 65 (“Prop 65”), which requires businesses to provide a warning before they “knowingly and intentionally expose any individual to a...more

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California Considers Modifying Prop 65 Warning Requirements

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Earlier this month, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) provided public notice that it plans to amend regulations governing Proposition 65 (Prop 65) short-form warning labels. OEHHA offered...more

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California Proposes Changes to Proposition 65 Short-Form Safe Harbor Warnings

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Proposition 65 mandates that companies doing business in California provide warnings about exposures to chemicals listed as known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. The California Office of Environmental...more

Jones Day

2020 Regulatory Amendments Attempt to Simplify Proposition 65 Warning Obligations

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The Situation: New regulatory amendments to Proposition 65 went into effect on April 1, 2020. These amendments: (i) allow manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers of consumer products to satisfy Proposition 65's warning...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Proposition 65: California Clarifies Responsibilities To Warn Amongst Manufacturers, Distributors and Retailers

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) recently adopted amendments to California Code of Regulations, section 25600.2 – the section titled “Responsibility to Provide Consumer Product Exposure...more

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Industry Insights: Proposition 65 Labeling Responsibilities Finalized for Intermediary Parties and Retail Sellers

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California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued finalized amendments on January 14, 2020, to California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. Better known as Proposition 65, the...more

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Proposition 65 Labeling Responsibilities Finalized for Intermediary Parties and Retail Sellers

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California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued finalized amendments on January 14, 2020, to California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. Better known as Proposition 65, the...more

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Prop 65: California May Change Up Chain of Commerce Responsibility

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Proposition 65, a/k/a the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, has been under fire since the law was first enacted....more

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The Impact the New Prop 65 Warning Regulations on Commercial Property Owners

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Introduction - The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (“Prop 65”)[i] is an expansive “right to know” law which requires businesses to provide warnings before exposing people to certain chemicals....more

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Trends Since the New Prop 65 Requirements Went Into Effect

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It has now been over a week since the changes to Prop. 65 took effect on August 30th! A review of notices of violations filed in the past week indicate a trend toward food products and consumer household goods. For example,...more

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CA Prop 65 Coffee Issues Still Brewing

As has been widely reported, in May 2018, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that Prop 65 warning labels are required to be placed on “ready-to-drink” coffee products. Acrylamide, a Prop 65 listed chemical that...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

WARNING: The Prop 65 Transition Period is Over!

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On August 30, 2018, new “Proposition 65” regulations went into effect drastically changing the way businesses must operate in California to comply with the state’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. Under...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

It's Go Time for the New Proposition 65 Warning Regulations

Today, August 30, 2018 … marks the date that the 2016 amendments to the warning requirements of California Proposition 65 go into full effect. This brings to a close the two year phase-in period for the new “safe harbor”...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Key Facts On California’s Amended Proposition 65 ‘Clear And Reasonable’ Warnings Rules Effective August 30

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If you manufacture, sell or distribute products (including food and beverages) for sale in California that contain or are sold with Proposition 65 warnings, you have probably heard conflicting information about the amended...more

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New California Proposition 65 Warning Regulations Take Effect August 30th

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In less than two months the safe harbor warning regulations for California’s Proposition 65 will be amended and operative, ending a two-year phase in period. As we have covered previously, the California Office of...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Your Webpage Is About to Violate the Law -- And Other Changes to Prop 65 Warning Requirements

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Big changes are coming to a regulation that, while well meaning, cost businesses selling products in California more than $50M in 2017 and similar amounts in prior years. California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Proposition 65: Three Months until Effective Date for OEHHA’s Amended Proposition 65 Clear and Reasonable Warnings Requirements

There are approximately three months until the effective date of the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) revisions to its Proposition 65 (Prop 65) Article 6 “clear and reasonable warnings”...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Best in Law: New Prop. 65 Warning Rules Hit Shopkeepers in August

Since being adopted by voters in 1986, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, commonly referred to as Proposition 65, has sought to preserve the health and safety of California residents. Originally published...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

WARNING: Prop 65 Has Changed – If Your Product Is Sold In California Or You Do Business In California, Pay Attention

What is Prop 65? - Prop 65 is a California law that requires California consumers receive warnings regarding the presence of chemicals that cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. The law is highly technical, constantly...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Proposition 65: OEHHA Amends Proposition 65 Regulations for Clear and Reasonable Warnings

On December 6 2017, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a notice alerting stakeholders that amendments were approved related to its August 28, 2016, adopted revisions to its...more

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