Retailers, Risk Management, Proposition 65

A Summer Surge in Proposition 65 Notices of Violation- Bisphenol S (BPS) in Receipts, UPC Stickers and Thermal Labels - Are Your...

Buchalter on 7/23/2025

California Proposition 65 (formally the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986) (“Prop. 65”) enforcement is hot—and this time, the spotlight is on Bisphenol S (BPS), a chemical often used in thermal receipt...more

Wave of Enforcement Actions Initiated under California’s Prop 65 Targets Thermal Receipts at California Stores

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani on 7/8/2025

In the first half of 2025, two private enforcers have targeted over 200 companies operating in the state for purported exposure to Bisphenol S (BPS) from retail store thermal receipts provided to customers in California. The...more

[Event] Food Law – Regulation, Compliance and Litigation April 9th - 11th, Chicago, IL

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 1/28/2019

Come to network and brainstorm with top regulatory and compliance executives and legal counsel. ACI’s Food Law conference is the leading forum for in-house counsel for manufacturers, retailers, and distributors, regulatory...more

OEHHA Proposes Significant Amendment on Determining the Daily Intake of Listed Chemicals as Causing Reproductive Toxicity

Hogan Lovells on 10/16/2018

Last week, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead agency that implements California’s Proposition 65, proposed an amendment to the existing regulation requiring: (1) the average...more

Su-PERFLUO-us? More Chemicals Added to Prop 65 List

Lewitt Hackman on 2/1/2018

Business owners manufacturing, buying, selling, or importing products in California already know about the state’s Prop 65 law. But do they also know every single chemical or substance that is on that list?...more

California Proposition 65 Actions Expected to Target Furfuryl Alcohol in Food and Beverages

BCLP on 11/9/2017

The next wave of lawsuits involving California Proposition 65 and food products may allege exposure to furfuryl alcohol, a chemical commonly found in a wide variety of thermally processed foods and listed as a carcinogen...more