The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) 2014 proposed regulations to revise Proposition 65 warnings has been widely panned by industry critics. The overhaul was requested by Governor Brown last year when a related effort to gain a consensus on proposed rules was unsuccessful. The proposed rules contain requirements for identification of specific chemicals in… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Green Chemistry
Subscribe to Green Chemistry RSS FeedNew FDA Strategy Document for FSMA, Food Safety Modernization ACT
Posted in Agricultural Law, Agriculture Law, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, Green ChemistryThe USDA has issued a new “strategy” document that outlines the agency’s direction with regard to implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”). The document is intended to “to guide the next phase of FSMA implementation by outlining broadly the drivers of change in FDA’s approach to food safety and the operational strategy for implementing that… Continue Reading
DTSC Announces Three Priority Products under the Green Chemistry Regulations
Posted in Agricultural Law, Agriculture Law, Food Safety, Green Chemistry, Prop 65DTSC on Thursday March 13, 2014 announced the first three Priority Products under the Green Chemistry Regulations. The manufacturers of these products that sell into California are now on a regulatory time schedule to try to find alternatives to the use of the identified chemicals in the specified products. We have set out this timetables… Continue Reading
New Proposed Prop 65 Warning Label Regulations
Posted in Agricultural Law, Agriculture Law, Food Safety, Green Chemistry, Prop 65The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) under the auspices of Governor Brown’s declaration in May 2013 (after a failed legislative effort) that he would further reform Prop 65, last week OEHHA released the proposed regulations with respect to Prop 65 warnings. Regulations can be found here. A workshop is scheduled for April 14, 2014…. Continue Reading
What You Need to Know About the California Green Chemistry Regulations Which Are Now In Effect
Posted in Environmental and Land Use, Green Chemistry, Prop 65, UncategorizedAs of October 1, 2013, the California Green Chemistry Law and its regulations are officially part of the landscape . The California legislature passed the Green Chemistry Law in 2008, which authorizes and requires the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (the “DTSC”) to adopt regulations to establish a process to identify and prioritize chemicals… Continue Reading
DTSC Issues Final Green Chemistry Regulations
Posted in Green Chemistry, Prop 65With little public notice the final version of the Green Chemistry regulations has been released. The final regulations show no substantive changes made to the regulations from the April version that has already been reviewed and commented upon. OAL has until August 29 to complete its review of the regulations which requires OAL to make a… Continue Reading
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