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Prop 65 Short-Form Warning Rulemaking to Expire

Posted on June 9, 2022

As previously reported, in January 2021 California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed limits on the use of the Proposition 65 short-form version of the safe harbor

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SUNSET Rule Withdrawn

Posted on May 31, 2022

On May 27, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule withdrawing the Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely (SUNSET) rule, which had

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Proposal to Withdraw/Repeal SUNSET Final Rule

Posted on November 9, 2021

On October 29, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule to withdraw or repeal the final rule entitled “Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations

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Pork Workers Union Sues USDA Over New Swine Slaughter Inspection System

Posted on October 16, 2019

The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union, together with Public Citizen Litigation Group, filed a federal lawsuit to stop the USDA’s new swine slaughter modernization rule that eliminates

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Organic Melee: USDA Loses Latest Round in Legal Challenge Over Synthetics in Organic Production

Posted on September 23, 2016

A district court judge has denied USDA’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the Agency illegally changed its process for reviewing synthetic substances used in organic production.