Tag: Prop. 65
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Cal/EPA Moves Forward with Rules to Address Prop. 65 Chemicals in Foods
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) convened a conference call for stakeholders February 18, 2009, to discuss how to move forward with plans to require food retailers to warn the public about the presence of Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) chemicals in foods. OEHHA’s general objectives are to prepare regulatory language vetted by…
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Food Industry Objects to Prop. 65 Listing of Methanol
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and individual food companies have reportedly asked California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to delay taking action on its proposal to list methanol as a reproductive toxicant. While the chemical is used in varnishes, shellacs, paints, antifreeze, adhesives, and deicers, it also apparently occurs naturally in fresh…
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Food Processors Urge California to Delay New Prop. 65 Rules on Exposure to Beneficial Nutrients in Food
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is considering adopting rules under Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) that are intended to prevent overexposure to beneficial nutrients in food. The agency’s “Initial Statement of Reasons” for the proposed rules, still in draft, note that “[e]xcessive exposures to some [vitamins and minerals necessary to promote human health]…
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OEHHA Announces Public Workshop and Comment Deadline on Regulation to Give Food Retailers Prop. 65 Warnings Guidance
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has scheduled a public workshop on December 3, 2008, to discuss how food retailers can provide warnings about foods containing chemicals that are listed under Proposition 65 as chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive hazards. The agency formed a workgroup to address…
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Effort to List Bisphenol A Under Prop. 65 Slows Due to Staffing Shortages
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has reportedly delayed a decision about whether to list bisphenol A (BPA) under Proposition 65 because it lacks sufficient staff to complete needed research. OEHHA’s Developmental & Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DART) was apparently scheduled to decide whether to include BPA on the list of chemicals…
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Second Workshop on Added Nutrients Scheduled in California
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has scheduled a workshop for December 12, 2008, to discuss possible regulatory language that would apply to foods or crops with added nutrients that exceed levels considered safe under Proposition 65. According to OEHHA’s notice, “this set of regulations, if adopted, will only apply to chemicals that…
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Environmental Advocates Notify Retailers of Intent to Sue for Contaminants in Bottled Water
The Environmental Working Group (EWG), which has been studying the contents of bottled water for the past two years, reportedly notified a national retailer that it intends to bring a lawsuit under California’s Proposition 65 for the company’s failure to inform consumers that some brands of bottled water contain chlorine-based contaminants that are known to…
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California State Court Rules Against Prop. 65 Warnings for Tuna
After a two-month trial, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Robert Dondero late last week ruled that California cannot require the manufacturers of Chicken of the Sea, StarKist and Bumble Bee tuna to warn consumers that their products contain mercury and mercury compounds. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed the lawsuit in June 2004 under the…