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Proposition 65 Short-Form Warning Amendments Effective January 2025
California Code of Regulations, Title 27, Sections 25601-25607.53Office 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.
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Proposition 65 Short-Form Warning Amendments Effective January 2025
# Proposition 65: Clear and Reasonable Warnings – Safe Harbor Methods and Content - OEHHA [Skip to main content](https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/crnr/proposition-65-clear-and-reasonable-warnings-safe-harbor-methods-and-content#main-content) [Skip to Main Content](https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/crnr/proposition-65-clear-and-reasonable-warnings-safe-harbor-methods-and-content#main-content) [CA.gov CA.gov](http
Proposition 65 Short-Form Warning Amendments Effective January 2025
Nexreg Team Nexreg # California’s Proposition 65 Short-Form Statement Changes 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
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 lis
Proposition 65 Short-Form Warning Amendments Effective January 2025
tions is not affected by the proposed amendments. However, under existing law, businesses causing consumer product exposures to listed chemicals must provide a Proposition 65 warning. This requirement is not altered by this proposal. The proposed amended short-form warnings will provide consumers with sufficient information to know they may be exposed to a listed chemical that can cause cancer or reproductive toxicit