Proposition 65 Standard Letter

Thank you for your inquiry regarding Californias Proposition 65 as it relates to the food ingredients/products produced by [_____ COMPANY]. As you may know, Californias law known as Proposition 65 contains the following prohibition: No person in the course of doing business shall knowingly and intentionally expose any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without first giving clear and reasonable warning to such individual . . . . The law does not apply where the person responsible can show that the exposure poses no significant risk . . . [of] cancer and that the exposure will have no observable effect . . . for substances known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity . . . . California has published a list of chemicals covered by Proposition 65. It contains hundreds of chemicals, such as lead, pesticides and other contaminants that may be present in the environment. The food ingredients/products produced by [_____COMPANY] are manufactured in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, including those promulgated by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In addition, [______COMPANY] operates under GMPs and HACCP, systems that are designed to identify and control biological, chemical and physical hazards of concern in the manufacturing process. Based on the above, we believe that routine analytical testing of each of our products for compliance against all the listed chemicals under Proposition 65 is unnecessary and inefficient. Please contact me if you have any questions. [COMPANY contact]

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