Retailers, Warning Labels, Enforcement Actions

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

Court Finds Requiring Prop. 65 Warnings for Acrylamide in Food is Unconstitutional

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 5/12/2025

On May 2, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued a landmark ruling in California Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta, Case No. 2:19-cv-02019, holding that Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) warning...more

Paper Problems: BPS in Thermal Receipts Triggers Prop. 65 NOVs

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 4/15/2025

California shoppers might be getting more than just a receipt at checkout — they may also be exposed to a toxic chemical, according to Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) enforcer Center for Environmental Health (CEH) represented by...more

OEHHA Proposes Amendments to Prop. 65 Reproductive Toxicity Sampling Requirements for Food Products; New Prop. 65 Regulations for...

Downey Brand LLP on 11/5/2018

Last month, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed amendments to clarify Proposition 65 reproductive toxicity sampling requirements for food products. California’s Proposition 65, also known as...more

Tentative Ruling Could Mean You Have to Give A Prop 65 Warning for Every Cup of Coffee You Sell or Give to Consumers

Downey Brand LLP on 4/4/2018

For the past eight years, a collection of coffee brewers and retailers have been embroiled in a legal battle with Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT) over whether certain coffee products sold in California...more

California Prop 65: More Unintended Consequences

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints on 10/12/2016

Last month, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) adopted new Proposition 65 warning regulations. Much of the discussions regarding these new regulations have centered on the warning...more