The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a proposed rule designed to make the contents of medical gas containers more readily identifiable, in order to prevent deaths and injuries from inadvertent use of incorrect medical gas or from use of contaminated medical gas. Medical gases such as oxygen, nitrous oxide, and nitrogen, are administered […]
LOS ANGELES – Under the terms of a recent settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Restore4, Inc. of Northridge, Calif. will pay $5,200 for allegedly distributing an unregistered pesticide over the Internet, a violation of federal law. Responding to a tip, EPA investigators determined that Restore4, Inc. had sold and distributed “Restore4″ – a […]
A bill making its way through the Louisiana legislature may prevent some companies from using the term ‘Cajun’ on their food labels: South Louisiana lawmakers won two “dear to the heart” victories in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.Bills protecting the name “Cajun” from “misuse” by out-of-state food producers and establishing a fee on crawfish […]
A recent ruling fined a company $1 million for failing to include proper warnings: The Illinois Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of defendants in a $1 million Madison County jury verdict — the only welding rod trial successfully litigated in the United States. That leaves standing the opinion of the 5th Appellate Court, […]
It turns out food manufacturers will not be required to post acrylamide warnings on their products to meet Prop 65 requirements: California has withdrawn proposed rules that would have required food manufacturers to place acrylamide warning labels on certain products. The proposals, announced in April 2005, attracted “voluminous comments,” which could not all be reviewed […]
Despite being approved by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid is now banned in Quebec: Many homeowners in Quebec will be looking at their lawns differently this spring as a new herbicide ban goes into effect Monday. The ban of 2,4-D, the popular garden herbicide, means people will have to be […]
Consumer Reports discusses the nature of labeling products as “organic” So what can you count on when you buy organic? If the product is labeled “100 Percent Organic,” it means that, by law, there are no synthetic ingredients. Also, production processes must meet federal organic standards and must have been independently verified by accredited inspectors. […]
SignOnSanDiego.com discusses a recent lawsuit which alleges that sunscreen manufacturers are posting inflated claims on their labels: The suit, which seeks class-action status in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges these brands incorrectly market many of their products as waterproof “sunblocks” that provide “all-day protection.” “These representations are simply not true,” said Mitchell Twersky of Abraham, […]
Typically the articles on Nexreg News tend to be on the serious side, but for a change we thought we’d post something a little lighter. The Heartland institute has a funny piece about warning labels: Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch (M-LAW) conducts an annual “World’s Wackiest Warning Label Contest,” and many of the winning labels are […]
A piece in Forbes magazine discusses the recent controversy around hexavalent chromium: Last month, when the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued final standards for exposure to the carcinogenic chemical hexavalent chromium–the substance made infamous by the movie Erin Brockovich–industry yelped about the almost $300 million-per-year cost. But it could have been a lot […]