New OEHHA (Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment) regulations were adopted in August 2016 and will take full effect in August 2018. Note that products manufactured before August 30, 2018 will not need new warnings if they meet the requirements that were in effect at the time of their production.
The new regulations will change the safe harbor warnings for consumer products in several ways:
- saying that a product “can expose you to” a Prop 65 chemical rather than saying the product “contains” the chemical.
- They will specifically name at least one chemical in the product that prompted the warning
- They will list the website for OEHHA’s new Prop 65 warnings: www.P65Warnings.ca.gov, which will give more information on the chemicals and health effects
- Require a triangular yellow warning symbol
A typical current Proposition 65 warning might say, “WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.”
Other changes:
- Adds tailored warnings with more specific information for certain kinds of exposures, products, and places (alcoholic beverages, food and non-alcoholic beverages, prescription drugs, dental care, wood dust, furniture products, diesel engines, vehicles, recreational vessels, enclosed parking facilities, amusement parks, petroleum products, service stations and vehicle repair facilities, and designated smoking areas)
- Provides for website warnings for products purchased over the internet (using a hyperlink with the word WARNING on the product page)
- Provides for warnings in languages other than English (in certain cases when a consumer product sign, label or shelf tag includes info in another language)
- Clarifies the roles and responsibilities of manufacturers and retailers– manufacturers have the primary responsibility for providing the warnings.
Contact Cornerstone for information about how this change in regulation could affect your company.
New OEHHA (Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment) regulations were adopted in August 2016 and will take full effect in August 2018. Note that products manufactured before August 30, 2018 will not need new warnings if they meet the requirements that were in effect at the time of their production.
The new regulations will change the safe harbor warnings for consumer products in several ways:
- saying that a product “can expose you to” a Prop 65 chemical rather than saying the product “contains” the chemical.
- They will specifically name at least one chemical in the product that prompted the warning
- They will list the website for OEHHA’s new Prop 65 warnings: www.P65Warnings.ca.gov, which will give more information on the chemicals and health effects
- Require a triangular yellow warning symbol
A typical current Proposition 65 warning might say, “WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.”
Other changes:
- Adds tailored warnings with more specific information for certain kinds of exposures, products, and places (alcoholic beverages, food and non-alcoholic beverages, prescription drugs, dental care, wood dust, furniture products, diesel engines, vehicles, recreational vessels, enclosed parking facilities, amusement parks, petroleum products, service stations and vehicle repair facilities, and designated smoking areas)
- Provides for website warnings for products purchased over the internet (using a hyperlink with the word WARNING on the product page)
- Provides for warnings in languages other than English (in certain cases when a consumer product sign, label or shelf tag includes info in another language)
- Clarifies the roles and responsibilities of manufacturers and retailers– manufacturers have the primary responsibility for providing the warnings.
Contact Cornerstone for information about how this change in regulation could affect your company.