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Regulation Creep In The Nanny State:The Proposed Not-So-Safe-Harbor Enactment In Proposition 65 Advertising Regulations

Posted in Prop 65, Water Quality

David Gabor is a shareholder at Weintraub Tobin. He is a trial lawyer and represents production companies, infomercial companies, direct response companies and multi-level marketing organizations asto both operational and compliance matters. In particular, David is focused on advertising and compliance issues, including FTC counseling and litigation, class actions, and multi-agency governmental compliance involving the marketing… Continue Reading

Proposition 65 – Twenty-Seven Years Later And Still No Observable Effect

Posted in Agriculture Law, Food Safety, Prop 65, Water Law, Water Quality

Professor Michael L. Marlow of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo recently published a preview of his paper on cancer rates and Proposition 65 entitled, “Too Much (Questionable) Information?” See Wall Street Journal, page A13, January 21, 2014. Proposition 65 is the popular name for the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986,… Continue Reading

FDA Proposes Arsenic Action Level for Apple Juice

Posted in Agricultural Law, Agriculture Law, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, Prop 65, Uncategorized

July 12, 2013  the FDA announced a proposed action level of 10 ppb (parts per billion) for arsenic in apple juice.  The 10 ppb is the same as EPA  arsenic in drinking water standards. “The FDA is committed to ensuring the safety of the American food supply and to doing what is necessary to protect public… Continue Reading

Brown Supports Changes to Prop 65

Posted in Agricultural Law, Prop 65

Governor Brown announced yesterday  proposed reforms to  Proposition 65, a three decade old proposition approved  by voters to protect Californians from harmful chemicals.    It has,  according to Brown , been abused by some unscrupulous lawyers driven by profit rather than public health. The law which prohibits the exposure to the public  of certain chemicals  “known to the State”… Continue Reading

Green Chemistry Regulations

Posted in Environmental and Land Use

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) in July 2012 released the eighth draft of California’s Safer Chemical Products Regulation in the last four years.  The agency has targeted the end of the year as its goal for actual finalization.  The last version of the regulations created a large industry backlash and the new… Continue Reading