California’s food and consumer product companies recently got some welcome relief from the onerous provisions of California’s slack-fill law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 12606. This law, which has been the basis of an increasing number of consumer class action and civil enforcement actions, has posed numerous compliance challenges for companies striving to understand exactly how “full” their packages need to be to avoid litigation.

By expanding the state’s slack-fill exemptions, these changes resolve some of that uncertainty and create new ways for companies to ensure compliance.

Originally published in Law360 on April 2, 2019.