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Proposition 65 Enforcement Trend Alert: Plastic Packaging
The latest front in the ever-expanding Proposition 65 enforcement battle: plastic packaging. Since the start of the year, dozens of notices of violation have been filed, not for actual products, but for the packaging…
BREAKING NEWS: Prop 65 Warning Exemption Approved for Coffee (UPDATE)
UPDATE: OEHHA officially published adoption of the Prop 65 exemption for coffee on June 7, 2019, announcing that the new rule is effective as of October 1. Further details on and copies of the rulemaking documents…
California Prop 65 Coffee Regulation: A Modest Re-Brew
The anticipated issuance of a final Proposition 65 exemption for chemicals, such as acrylamide, "created by and inherent in the processes of roasting coffee beans or brewing coffee," has been delayed to allow for an…
Prop 65 Coming to New York ....?
Newly proposed legislation in New York, announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the release of his Executive Budget late last month, would look an awful lot like California's "Proposition 65" program ... but, presumably,…
California Set to Finalize Prop 65 Coffee Exemption
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), which oversees the state's Proposition 65 program, is on the verge of finalizing an exemption from warning requirements for chemicals, such as…