In This Issue:

- California Announces First Consumer Products Subjected To New Green Chemistry Rules

- FDA Issues Final Guidance Distinguishing Liquid Dietary Supplements from Beverages

- Private Surgeon General Class Action Defender

- Broad Reach of SEC’s Conflict Mineral Rules Affects Many Public Companies in the Consumer Product Industry

- Recent MoFo Blog Updates.

- Excerpt from California Announces First Consumer Products Subjected To New Green Chemistry Rules:

After nearly four years of regulatory wrangling with industry groups and environmentalists, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (the “Department”) released its long-awaited list of priority chemical product combinations (collectively referred to as “Priority Products”) that will serve as the trial balloon for the state’s Safer Consumer Products Regulation, known to many as the Green Chemistry Initiative.