Effective May 11, 2016, manufacturers that make products
containing Bisphenol A ("BPA") will be required to comply
with California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act
of 1986, also known as "Prop 65." More specifically,
manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of such products must
ensure that by no later than May 11, 2016, consumers are provided a
"clear and reasonable warning" regarding the hazards
associated with BPA.
This compliance deadline was established in May 2015, when the
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
("OEHHA") added BPA to its list of chemicals known to
the State of California to cause reproductive toxicity following
the conclusion of a lawsuit challenging its prior listing of BPA in
April 2013.This May 2015 listing triggered a requirement that all
products containing BPA be accompanied by a "clear and
reasonable warning" regarding BPA's hazards, which
requirement takes effect one year after the OEHHA listing
