Tag: Prop. 65
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OEHHA Withdraws Amendment Proposal on Calculating “Safe Harbor” Levels
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) recently announced that it is withdrawing a regulatory proposal to amend several provisions of the Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) implementing regulations that establish procedures for calculating “safe harbor” levels for listed chemicals. The public comment period on the proposal closed May 28, 2010. According to OEHHA,…
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California Schedules Public Forum on Potential Listing of BPA as Reproductive Toxin; Workshop on NOEL Regulatory Changes Also Scheduled
Cal/EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has scheduled an April 20, 2010, public forum on its proposal to list bisphenol A (BPA) as a reproductive toxin under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Prop. 65). The action was taken in response to a request for a public forum to…
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OEHHA Extends Public Comment Period on Prop. 65 Listing of Fungicide
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has extended until April 7, 2010, the public comment period on its proposal to add epoxiconazole, a triazole fungicide used on coffee beans and bananas grown outside the United States, to the state’s Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) list of chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive…
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OEHHA Issues Notice of Intent to Add Acrylamide to Prop. 65 List
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued a notice of its intent to list acrylamide, a chemical formed when certain foods have been cooked at high temperatures, as a reproductive toxicant under Proposition 65 (Prop. 65). According to OEHHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the National Toxicology…
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OEHHA Seeks Comment on Whether to List Bisphenol A as Reproductive Toxicant
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued a request for public comment on its determination that bisphenol A (BPA) “appears to meet the criteria for listing as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity under Proposition 65, based on findings of the National Toxicology Program’s Center for the Evaluation of Risks…
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OEHHA Extends Comment Deadline on Latest Prop. 65 Food Warning Proposal
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has extended the comment period for its food warning regulations until March 1, 2010. The latest proposal is to establish a pilot program that would impose Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) warning obligations on food manufacturers and retailers to inform consumers about the presence of food ingredients…
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California Court Declares Prop. 65 Warnings for Meat Products Preempted
A California court of appeal recently determined that the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) preempts point-of-sale or other warning labels on meat products under Proposition 65 (Prop. 65). Am. Meat Inst. v. Leeman, No. D053325 (Cal. Ct. App., decided December 22, 2009). In 2004, Whitney Leeman notified a number of meat processors and retailers in California…
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OEHHA Proposes Pilot Program for Food Retailers to Provide Prop. 65 Warnings to Consumers
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of California’s Environmental Protection Agency has proposed implementing Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) food warnings as a pilot program that will expire in 4-5 years. The proposal was presented during the agency’s last informal stakeholder meeting before final regulatory language is drafted. Under Prop. 65, warnings must be provided…