Constitutional Law
May 5, 2025
Federal judge strikes down Prop. 65 acrylamide food warning requirement
U.S. District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta's ruling Friday delivered a major blow to the state's decades-old labeling regime and a key victory for the California Chamber of Commerce.
A federal judge in Sacramento ruled Friday that a requirement under state law forcing companies to issue warnings that a chemical used in a wide variety of foods is carcinogenic is unconstitutional.
The summary judgment decision in a case involving dietary acrylamide is a major victory against Proposition 65's food labeling requirements that the California Chamber of Commerce -represented by Hogan Lovells partner Trenton H. Norris - said violated the First Amendment.
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