The European wine sector has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to statistics from the European Commission (EC), there has been a 30% reduction in the volume of wine sold and a 50% drop in the value of sales across the EU from mid-March until to end of May 2020, compared to sales before the closures. As simply put by the EC, while COVID-19 has led to an increase of home consumption in…

We would like to bring to your attention to three recent developments related to California’s Proposition 65. On July 8, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) adopted three safe harbor levels or maximum allowable levels (MADLs) for the chemical chlorpyrifos. On June 22, the United States District Court (Eastern District of California) entered a permanent injunction barring the enforcement against the cancer warning requirements for glyphosate under Proposition 65.  The court reasoned the…