California Agency Responds to Objections to Expedited Prop. 65 Procedure on Fumonisin B1

California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has withdrawn its proposal to establish a “safe harbor level” under Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) for fumonisin B1, a substance produced by several mold species that occur mostly in corn, wheat and other cereals. The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) objected to the agency’s use of an expedited procedure. According to OEHHA’s notice, “[t]o evaluate the need for a conventional risk assessment, OEHHA would have to conduct a detailed review of the data submitted by GMA along with other relevant information that may be identified through an extensive literature search.” Because OEHHA would have been unable to timely complete its rulemaking process, it withdrew “its proposal to establish a specific level posing no significant risk using expedited methodology for fumonisin B1. “