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Public workshop for the purpose of discussing the draft regulatory amendments and gathering input from interested parties concerning providing warnings to consumers for exposures to listed chemicals in foods purchased at retail stores.

Availability of the final hazard identification documents on the carcinogenicity of 1,2-epoxybutane and verapamil.

Announcement of an informal conference call on February 18, 2009, to discuss comments and next steps on a proposed amendment that will add specific options for method and content for warnings for exposures to listed chemicals in foods.

On October 31, 2008 the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 2008, No. 44-Z) soliciting public inputs relevant to the second draft of the proposed regulatory concepts that would provide an exemption from the warning requirements of the Act for certain exposures to listed chemicals that are human or plant nutrients.

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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Title 22, California Code of Regulations Amendment to Section 12601. Clear and Reasonable Warnings Amendment to Section 12201. Definitions

Opportunity to comment on the re-drafted concepts re: exposures to a human and plant nutrient in a food. Workshop held December 12, 2008.

April 18, 2008 public workshop to discuss regulatory proposal to address chemicals or compounds such as vitamins and minerals are necessary to promote human health or to ensure the healthy growth of food crops.  Public comment period.