California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), which administers Proposition 65 (formally known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986), has proposed conforming amendments to the Article 6 clear and reasonable warning regulations aimed at reconciling differences in the operative provisions of Sections 25607.30 and 25607.31 with Section 25603.3 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations.

On December 2, 2016, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) finalized its regulation regarding point-of-sale (POS) warnings for foods and beverages packaged in cans or bottles that can cause exposures to bisphenol A (BPA). POS warnings will be permitted for such foods and beverages until December 30, 2017.

California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added furfuryl alcohol (CAS No. 98-00-0) to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer under Proposition 65, effective September 30, 2016. Also known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, Proposition 65 prohibits knowingly exposing any individual to a listed chemical without first providing a “clear and reasonable warning” to such individual.

Amendments to California’s Proposition 65 settlement terms, penalty amounts, and attorney's fees in civil actions filed by private persons become effective October 1, 2016.

Vinyl acetate, a monomer that may be used in various plastic food-contact materials, as well as in formulated coatings for food packaging, is one of five substances being considered for listing as a carcinogen under California Proposition 65. Also known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, Proposition 65 prohibits knowingly exposing any individual to a listed chemical without first providing a “clear and reasonable warning” to such individual. 

California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), which administers Proposition 65 (formally known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986), has proposed rulemaking to extend most aspects of its emergency April 2016 rulemaking that permits point-of-sale signage for certain foods in packaging in which Bisphenol A (BPA) is intentionally used as a component of the packaging.

05.16.16 California to Allow Temporary Point-of-Sale, Prop 65 Warnings for BPA Exposure

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added styrene (CAS No.

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) recently launched its new Lead Agency Website that provides additional information to consumers on exposure to chemicals listed under Proposition 65. Proposition 65, or the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires California to publish a list of chemicals "known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity."  The law mandates, in part, that no person may knowingly expose any individual to a significant amount of a listed chemical without first providing a "clear and reasonable warning" to such

The California Environmental Protection Agency's (Cal/EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed a Proposition 65 Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL) for oral exposure to ethylene glycol of 8,700 micrograms per day. Ethylene Glycol—a substance used in the production of several packaging materials—was added to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause reproductive toxicity under Prop.