Earlier this month, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) sent a letter to the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) that effectively delays, until June 30, 2027, a key requirement for “compostable” and “home compostable” products set to take effect next year. California’s AB 1201 required that after January 1, 2026, products labeled “compostable”
As previously reported on Keller and Heckman’s “The Continuum of Risk” blog, earlier this year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that it was now reading the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act (CNPPA) to require nicotine e-liquid bottles to meet the “restricted flow requirement” in 16 C.F.R. § 1700.15(d), in addition to having
For all of you who know the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), you know that the agency distinctly does not have authority over tobacco or tobacco products. This arguably wasn’t always the case. Early on, the American Public Health Association petitioned the CPSC to regulate cigarettes containing more than 21 mg of tar. When
