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Consumer Warnings
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Environment, Land & Resources
How to Prepare for California’s Updated Prop 65 Regulations: Part 2
Upstream entities will need to shoulder more responsibility in the warning process after August 30th. By Michael G. Romey and Lucas I. Quass As discussed in Latham’s previous post, August…
Environment, Land & Resources
How to Prepare for California’s Updated Prop 65 Regulations: Part 1
Upcoming regulation will require online and catalog retailers to implement product warnings. By: Michael G. Romey and Lucas I. Quass Enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act…
A Seat at the Table
California Judge Rules Against the Coffee Industry in Notable Acrylamide Proposition 65 Case
By Martin Hahn, Xin Tao
Food companies and retailers doing business in California should take note of the recent proposed statement of decision in the case challenging the coffee industry’s failure to warn of the…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Under the Radar Changes to Proposition 65 – OEHHA Issues New “Guidance” For Web Purchases (Is it an Illegal “Underground Regulation”?)
By Jeffrey Parker, Whitney Jones Roy
If your products are sold online or you operate a website with sales to consumers in California, these changes will impact whether you can obtain “safe harbor” protection under Prop…
The Nickel Report
Challenges in Complying with New Proposition 65 Regulations
Prop. 65 requires warnings be given to Californians prior to exposing them to even minute amounts of any of the 900+ chemicals listed as causing cancer or reproductive harm. The…
A Seat at the Table
California’s OEHHA Adopts New Proposition 65 “Clear and Reasonable Warnings” Regulations
By Martin Hahn, Xin Tao
Effective on August 30, 2018, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) will adopt new regulations regarding the manner in which clear and reasonable warnings should be given under…
Consumer products law blog
Proposition 65: OEHHA’S proposed revisions to warning regulations
In March 2014, OEHHA began the rulemaking process to amend the Clear and Reasonable Warning requirements for California’s Proposition 65. The proposed changes caused a great deal of concern for…
Food Liability Law
California Appeals Court: No Mercury Warnings Required on Canned Tuna
The California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District has upheld a trial court ruling that canned tuna sold in California need not warn consumers about methylmercury. In…
Food Poison Journal
Warning: This bill could make you sick
A recent LA Times OpEd by Al Meyerhoff and Carl Pope said the House of Representatives this month passed the National Uniformity for Foods Act, a measure that would kill…