Retailers, Warning Labels, Public Health

Alaska Joins California in Requiring Cancer Warning Signs for Alcohol Sales

Mayer Brown on 5/1/2025

Under a bill that became law on April 25, Alaska bars and liquor stores will now be required to post signage warning of alcohol’s alleged link to colon and breast cancer. Set to take effect on August 1, this marks the first...more

California Considers Modifying Prop 65 Warning Requirements (Again)

Troutman Pepper Locke on 12/13/2023

In 2021 we wrote about the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) plans to amend regulations governing Proposition 65 (Prop 65) short-form warning labels. On May 20, 2022, however, OEHHA...more

Why Did the Most Favorable Venues for Prop 65 Plaintiffs Rule for the Defense in EHA v. Sream?

Environmental General Counsel PC on 9/26/2023

Environmental Health Advocates v. Sream, Inc., (2022) 83 Cal.App.5th 721 (Sream), and three other California appellate cases were subjects of a panel discussion on September 18, 2023 at the annual Proposition 65 Conference...more

ESG Checklist -- A Prop 65 Compliance Program?

Environmental General Counsel PC on 2/2/2022

In California, the Proposition (“Prop”) 65 landscape continues to evolve – notices of violations (“NOVs”) issued for products that do not contain or emanate a Prop 65 chemical, novel constitutional theories raised by defense...more

Prop 65: California May Change Up Chain of Commerce Responsibility

Lewitt Hackman on 12/17/2018

Proposition 65, a/k/a the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, has been under fire since the law was first enacted....more

Coffee and Cancer Warnings in California

Lathrop GPM on 4/11/2018

Thirty-two years ago, a major California newspaper urged Californians to vote “no” on a ballot initiative commonly referred to as “Prop 65,” which would require certain businesses to include warning labels on products that...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

Best in Law: New Prop. 65 Warning Rules Hit Shopkeepers in August

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 1/30/2018

Since being adopted by voters in 1986, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, commonly referred to as Proposition 65, has sought to preserve the health and safety of California residents. Originally published...more

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