On January 8, 2021, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking significantly limiting the use of the short-form warning as a safe harbor. The proposed regulation makes the following changes:
- Limiting the use of the short-form warning to products with 5 square inches or less of label space for consumer information
- Requiring at least one chemical to be identified in the warning
- Eliminating short-form warnings in internet and catalogs
- Clarifying the use of short-form warnings for food, including the use of an offset boxed warning
Background
When OEHHA, the California agency that … Continue Reading