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California Updates Proposition 65’s Short-Form Safe Harbor Warnings

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The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment recently approved an amendment to the so-called “short-form” safe harbor warnings under the state’s Proposition 65 law. The changes will alter the regulations...more

K&L Gates LLP

California's Updated Proposition 65 Regulations New Short-Form Warnings and More

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Longtime efforts by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to amend the so-called “short-form” safe harbor warnings for California’s Proposition 65 appear to be nearing completion. On 13 June...more

Alston & Bird

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

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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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New Changes to Proposition 65’s Warning Requirements Are on the Horizon

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group explains proposed changes to California’s Proposition 65 safe harbor warning language....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

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

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

California Regulators Propose New Regulations to Limit Use of “Short Form” Proposition 65 Warnings

Proposition 65 is the California law that requires warning labels on products sold to California customers that potentially expose users to certain chemicals which may cause a risk of cancer or reproductive harm. ...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Proposition 65: OEHHA Proposes Significant Changes to “Short-Form” Warnings

On January 8, 2021, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed significant revisions to its Proposition 65 (Prop 65) Article 6 “clear and reasonable warnings” regulations for “short-form”...more

Morgan Lewis

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

McGuireWoods LLP

The Long and Short of It: Changes Proposed to Prop 65 Safe Harbor Warning Requirements

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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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Prop 65 Compliance Tips: Further Notes from the Prop 65 Annual Conference

With so much great content from Monday’s annual Prop 65 Clearinghouse Conference, here is a follow up post highlighting some of the compliance tips shared by panelists: • Compliance Tip #1: TEST your products … but how much...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Prop 65: Notes from the Front

Live from San Francisco, Kelley Green Law Blog is reporting today from the Prop 65 Clearinghouse 2018 Conference …. the largest annual assemblage dedicated to the cottage industry that is California’s “Proposition 65.”...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

Greenberg Glusker LLP

WARNING: New Proposition 65 Requirements Effective August 30, 2018

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Significant changes to the Proposition 65 warning requirements will soon become effective. Businesses should act now to ensure compliance with these new requirements....more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

Prop 65: GET THE LEAD OUT!

As this space has discussed on several occasions, there are many issues with California’s Prop 65. In full disclosure, most of the issues I discuss here are presented from the viewpoint of businesses that find themselves at...more

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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

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

Polsinelli

Is Your Company Ready for the New Prop 65?

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One year from now, companies that do business in California will have to comply with new warning regulations under the state’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (“Proposition 65”)....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Warning: New Proposition 65 Warning Regulations Taking Effect

A year from now, dramatic changes to California’s Proposition 65 warning regulations take full effect. The new regulations (formally published by the State in August 2016) significantly alter the “safe harbor” rules for...more

Stinson LLP

WARNING: Prop 65 Can Expose Product Manufacturers to Increased Litigation in California

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California's Proposition 65 ("Prop 65") requires product manufacturers and sellers to provide a "clear and reasonable" warning before knowingly and intentionally exposing anyone in California to a chemical listed by the...more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

California Prop 65: More Unintended Consequences

Last month, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) adopted new Proposition 65 warning regulations. Much of the discussions regarding these new regulations have centered on the warning...more

Morgan Lewis

New Modifications to the Proposition 65 Regulations

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The modifications significantly change both the AG’s Regulations and OEHHA’s Clear and Reasonable Warnings provisions. California’s Office of Administrative Law recently approved important changes to two sets of Proposition...more

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California Adopts Amendments to Prop 65 “Safe Harbor” Warning Requirements

In September, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) announced that it had adopted amendments to the regulations governing California’s Proposition 65, which requires that businesses provide a...more

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California Adopts New Prop. 65 Warning Regulations

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California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has adopted new Proposition 65 warning regulations. The new regulations will take effect in two years, on August 30, 2018. In the interim, businesses may...more

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