Swanson Health Products has filed a petition with the FDA asking it to determine that California's Proposition 65 conflicts irreconcilably with food and supplement regulations, making the industry vulnerable to 'bounty hunters'.
Proposition 65 was introduced in 1986 and requires manufacturers to give clear warning if their product exposes an individual in California to any detectable amount of more than 800 listed chemicals and chemical families known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.
However Stephanie Sheridan of Sedgewick Detert Moran &Arnold LLP, Swanson's attorneys, said that nearly all foods and dietary supplements contain detectable levels of one or more of the 800 listed chemicals, since these chemicals occur naturally in the environment and cannot be removed.
However Stephanie Sheridan of Sedgewick Detert Moran &Arnold LLP, Swanson's attorneys, said that nearly all foods and dietary supplements contain detectable levels of one or more of the 800 listed chemicals, since these chemicals occur naturally in the environment and cannot be removed.
