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This rulemaking adds a new chapter and section to Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations: Chapter 3: Naturally Occurring Lead in Candy, section 28500. The new section  establishes a “naturally occurring level” of 0.02 ppm (parts per million) for lead in candies flavored with chili and/or tamarind.  Health and Safety Code Section 110552 required OEHHA to adopt this regulation.

The fourth meeting of the Synthetic Turf Scientific Advisory Panel will be held on Friday, May 31, 2019 from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm in the Byron Sher Auditorium in the CalEPA Headquarters Building at 1001 I Street in Sacramento.

This proposed regulation would establish the naturally occurring level of lead in candies containing chili and/or tamarind as required by Health and Safety Code section 110552.

60-day extension to the existing comment period on information relating to possible exposures and neurologic and neurobehavioral impacts of synthetic food dyes. OEHHA hereby extends the public comment period on this risk assessment to 5:00 pm, Tuesday, February 19, 2019.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is conducting a risk assessment of the potential impacts of synthetic food dyes on children, particularly for neurobehavioral and other neurologic effects.