California Proposition 65 Warning
What is this warning? John Boos & Co. is providing this warning label to comply with California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 commonly know as” Proposition 65”. The amended Prop 65 regulations require a warning label on products that include any of the
almost 900 chemicals identified by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) on the Prop 65 list.
Attention California Residents Only WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
We are providing this label to inform our customers that the product contains materials
on the State of California’s Prop 65 list. Please be aware, that many of these elements are
found in everyday consumer products with minimal or no exposure hazards, and the
presence of this label does not mean the product will cause Cancer or Reproductive harm.
What is Proposition 65?
California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65)
prohibits any person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally
exposing any individual to a substance, at or above particular exposure levels, known to
the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without first giving clear
and reasonable warning to such individual. The labels you will see on some of the John
Boos & Co. products will be the “truncated” label which indicates that the substance
identified has minimal or no exposure hazards but are still presence in the product.
Why is John Boos & Co including this label on its products?
John Boos & Co. is attaching Prop 65 warning labels to inform consumers that the product contains materials found on California’s Proposition 65 list. This does not mean the product is unsafe, since these labels will be attached to many household products. John Boos & Co. products meet or exceed safety industry standards, and this label indicates we are compliant with the State of California Prop 65 warning label requirements. |