Safer Consumer Products Program Focus For California Chemical Regulators in 2014

摘要

California's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSQ will continue implementation of its Safer Consumer Products Regulation in 2014. Effective Oct. 1, the rules are intended to reduce use of chemicals by manufacturers that pose potential threats to public health or the environment. "The regulation will have a widespread impact on the global supply chains of consumer product companies with sales in California," Peter Hsiao, an attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP in Los Angeles, told Bloomberg BNA. Mandated under legislation (A.B. 1879 and S.B. 509) enacted in 2008, the groundbreaking regulations mark the first step in implementing California's Green Chem-istrv Initiative.