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California Modifies Proposed Amendments to Proposition 65’s Warning Requirements

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group explains the updates the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment plans to make to the proposed changes to California’s Proposition 65 safe harbor warning...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

OEHHA Proposes Changes To Prop 65 Short Form Warnings

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Recently, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed to amend the Proposition 65 regulations related to short form warnings. Proposition 65, also known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic...more

Perkins Coie

California Regulators Seek to Limit Use of Short-Form Proposition 65 Warnings

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On January 8, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced proposed regulations that would significantly affect how businesses may use short-form Proposition 65 warnings. Proposition...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

Vedder Price

The Long Reach of Proposition 65

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According to the Center for Accountability in Science, since 2010, businesses have spent over $182 million to settle Prop 65 lawsuits. What most companies do not realize is that 75% of settling businesses were headquartered...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

Buchalter

Updates on California’s Proposition 65 for 2020

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New year, same notices! Prop. 65 filings have not slowed down, and predictably, the same chemicals are being targeted by noticing parties. In my survey of notices filed between December 15, 2019 and the present date, there...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Proposed Amendments to Prop 65 Retail Seller Responsibilities Section 25600.2 (Responsibility to Provide Consumer Product Exposure...

On November 16, 2018, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed amendments to Proposition 65 (Prop 65) regulations setting forth the circumstances when a “retail seller” is required to...more

Buchalter

Environmental Health News: New Proposition 65 Rules Are Now In Effect

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Proposition 65 (often referred to as “Prop 65”) is an environmental health law enacted in California as the “Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act” in 1986. Despite this official title, the scope of Prop 65 regulates...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

New Changes to California Prop 65: What Oregon and Washington Manufacturers Must Do to Comply

As a business owner in the Pacific Northwest, you likely have heard of the changes to California’s regulations regarding warning labels on consumer products, Proposition 65, which takes effect August 30, 2018. Your business...more

Downey Brand LLP

California Grocer: Brewing Debate in California Proposition 65 Coffee Action Coming to a Close

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For the past six years, a collection of coffee brewers and retailers have been embroiled in a legal battle with Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT) over whether certain coffee products sold in California must...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

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Selling Products In California: Navigating Product Regulations

Big Picture: Product Liability in California - California applies its strict product liability laws to all products put into the stream of commerce and sold to the public, and those laws govern a wide array of products. ...more

Buchalter

Regulatory and Product Liability Overview for Distributors of Food Products in California

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Welcome to California! California is a great place to live and work, and we are fortunate to call it home. But there is no sugarcoating the fact that California presents unique and daunting challenges to product...more

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