Proposition 65 Short-Form Warning Amendments Effective January 2025 | Certivo Regulations
Proposition 65 Short-Form Warning Amendments Effective January 2025
California Code of Regulations, Title 27, Sections 25601-25607.53 Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) California
Announced: Nov 26, 2024
Effective: Jan 1, 2025
Implementation: Jan 1, 2025
Description
OEHHA adopted amendments to Title 27, California Code of Regulations sections 25601, 25602, 25603, and 25607.2, adding new sections 25607.50-25607.53 governing short-form warning statements. The amendments were approved by the Office of Administrative Law on November 26, 2024, and became effective January 1, 2025. A three-year implementation period allows businesses to transition until January 1, 2028, after which the old short-form warning format may no longer be used. The amendments also add new tailored safe harbor warnings for passenger and off-highway motor vehicle parts and recreational marine vessel parts.
Sources
- Official Proposition 65: Clear and Reasonable Warnings – Safe Harbor Methods and Content
- Official PDF Final Statement of Reasons Article 6 Clear and Reasonable Warnings
- California's Proposition 65 Short-Form Statement Changes 2025
- WARNING: New Proposition 65 Amendments In Effect in 2025
Key Findings
Proposition 65 Short-Form Warning Amendments Effective January 2025
Short-Form Labeling
The 2025 amendments to Proposition 65 impact the short-form labeling content requirements for products that contain any of the 900+ chemicals on the Proposition 65 list above safe harbor levels determined by OEHHA. Based on the 2025 amendments, the short-form warning needs to provide more detail than previously allowed. Most significantly, it must identify a chemical from the Proposition 65 list.