Proposition 65 – Changes That Will Impact the Cannabis Sector
Comment Deadline Approaching: Proposed Amendments Restricting Use of Prop 65 Short-Form Warnings
Cannabis Counsel Cast: Proposed Prop 65 Regulation Would Require Cannabis Products to Warn About Impacts on Child Behavior and Learning
Cannabis Counsel Cast: What Cannabis Companies Need to Know About California’s Prop. 65 (Even if They Aren’t in California)
Doing Business in California, Proposition 65, the California Green Chemical Initiative and the Rigid Plastic Packaging Regulations
The California agency that administers Proposition 65 is considering further revisions to the regulations governing the use and format of the short-form warning....more
In response to numerous public comments, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced on June 13, 2024, modifications to the proposed amendments to the regulations governing so-called...more
2023 was a busy year for Prop 65 with the highest number of Notices of Violation since its inception. The California law requires consumers receive warnings regarding the presence of chemicals that cause cancer or...more
California AG Will Not Seek Rehearing Of Bar On Prop. 65 Glyphosate Warning - California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta (D) has declined to ask a federal appellate court to rehear a panel ruling that permanently blocked...more
On October 27, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead agency that implements Proposition 65, introduced its third attempt to amend the “short form” warning provisions of this widely...more
The proposal had contemplated clarifications to when short-form warnings should be used and had aimed to introduce new requirements for information about harmful chemicals. Several amendments that the California Office...more
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced that it will not be moving forward with the current proposal to amend Proposition 65 “short-form” warnings and that the agency will...more
In this inaugural episode of ArentFox Schiff’s Consumer Product Industry Group’s podcast series, the Group’s co-leaders Michelle Mancino Marsh and Lynn Fiorentino discuss the potential implications of California’s latest...more
On April 5, 2022, in response to comments and opposition from companies and trade organizations over the last year, the agency governing Proposition 65, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA),...more
The proposal, which aims to clarify when short-form warnings should be used, would also create new requirements for information about harmful chemicals. On December 13, 2021, the California Office of Environmental Health...more
About a year ago, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed to amend the short form warning rules for Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires businesses to warn Californians about exposure to...more
Proposition 65 requires businesses to provide warnings to Californians about significant exposures to chemicals it has determined to cause cancer, or birth defects, or other reproductive harm. Since California has the...more
On January 8, 2021, the agency governing Proposition 65, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed to amend the content and conditions for use associated with the widely-used short-form...more
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed sweeping changes to the popular “short-form” Proposition 65 warning. On January 8, 2021, OEHHA issued a proposal to amend Article 6 “Clear and...more
If proposed amendments are adopted, the use and benefit of short-form on-product warnings will be significantly limited. The use of short-form for internet and catalog warnings will be completely eliminated. Proposed...more
Use of Short-Form Warnings Would be Restricted for Products and Eliminated for Websites and Catalogs - Manufacturers of products sold to consumers and packaging companies should take notice of important new developments...more
Businesses selling consumer products in California should be aware that California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed substantial changes to Proposition...more
Acrylamide in food products has been one of the most significant drivers for recent Proposition 65 enforcement actions, frustrating many in the food industry, particularly because acrylamide is not added to those products....more
In January 2020, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the agency tasked with administering Proposition 65, issued proposed amendments to Health and Safety Code sections 25602, 25607, 25607.1 and...more
After California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed amendments to Proposition 65’s regulations governing the calculation of safe harbor levels for reproductive toxicants in consumer products,...more
California’s “Proposition 65” requires manufacturers and others in the chain of distribution to warn consumers before causing them to be exposed to a list of almost 900 chemicals “known to the State of California to cause...more
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed adding a new specific warning related to exposures from rental vehicles. While this proposed amendment is still in the public comment stage, its...more
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
Last month, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed amendments to clarify Proposition 65 reproductive toxicity sampling requirements for food products. California’s Proposition 65, also known as...more
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