Blogs that apply to the United States of America
Why Prop 65 enforcement risk matters California Proposition 65 allows the Attorney General, specified public prosecutors, and private parties acting in the public interest to enforce warning and discharge requirements. A private enforcer generally begins with a 60-day notice. For businesses, the practical risk can include investigation costs, reformulation, warning changes, civil penalties, settlement payments, […]
What Proposition 65 requires California Proposition 65, formally the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires businesses to warn Californians before knowingly causing significant exposure to a listed chemical. It also prohibits knowing discharges of listed chemicals into drinking-water sources. The list covers chemicals associated with cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive […]
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has amended Title 27, California Code of Regulations sections 25601, 25602, 25603, and 25607.2, and added new sections 25607.50 through 25607.53. The amendments to California Proposition 65 include updates to the Short-Form warning statement. The update was approved by The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on November […]
Exporting chemical products to the United States opens the door to one of the largest markets in the world, but it is not without its challenges. The US regulatory environment is complex, and businesses need to be aware of key rules and requirements to ensure a smooth process. From understanding federal regulations to dealing with […]
Business operations come with a myriad of regulations to ensure safety and compliance, especially when dealing with hazardous substances. In Texas, the Hazardous Substances Act, outlined in Health and Safety Code, chapter 501, mandates specific registration requirements for manufacturers of hazardous substances distributed within the state. Understanding the Law The Texas Hazardous Substances Act […]
In early 2023, the Government of Canada published amendments to the Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR) to incorporate elements of the 7th and 8th revisions of United Nation’s Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). The amendments to the HPR are meant to address issues with the previous HPR requirements, to improve […]
If you are a chemical supplier selling a product into Canada and the United States and are hoping to simplify your hazard communication, combined OSHA-WHMIS labelling may be an option for you. To reduce the regulatory burden on stakeholders in the Canada and US markets, the Canada-United States (U.S.) Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) works in […]
On February 28, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration announced its removal of cosmetic regulation out of the Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and into the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS). The new move is in response to the December 2022 omnibus bill enacted under the U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and […]
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances also known as PFAS are a large, complex group of synthetic chemicals that have been used in consumer products around the world since the 1950s. PFAS are widespread and can be found in everyday products such as drinking water, soil, cookware, and multi-purpose packaging paper. Additionally, because of their persistence and […]