Blog: Protecting Businesses and Their Owners
New Greenhouse Gas Legislation Affecting Agriculture SB 32, AB 197 SB 1383
By Lee N. Smith & Craig A. Tristao The new Greenhouse gas legislation “package” extends California’s Gas Cap & Trade program and sets new emission reduction goals for 2030. It further sets emission reductions for methane. The...
Amended Notice Regulations for Prop 65
OEHHA, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, has released yet another iteration of the “fair and reasonable” standard for Prop 65 warnings. This March draft contains numerous changes mostly minor changes to try to increase the clarity of the...
PME Speakers at Cal. League of Food Processor’s Food Safety, Nutrition and Labeling Committee
PME lawyers Lee Smith and Craig Tristao spoke at the CLFP’s Food Safety Nutrition and Labeling Committee, on May 16, 2016. They covered the topics of the State Water Board’s Proposed General Order for Recycled Water and on the use of Production Water on Agricultural....
Prop 65: Acrylamide in your Coffee ? Court Issues Tentative Order
by Lee N. Smith In a case that has been widely watched, a Central Los Angeles Superior Court has issued a tentative ruling in the Phase One portion of a case that was originally filed against coffee purveyors, alleging that the acrylamide levels in their coffee...
Prop 65: Revisions to Proposed Regulations
By: Lee N. Smith California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) has released a new, revised version of the proposed Proposition 65 warning regulations apparently because they could not finish their rulemaking within one year, as required by...