G/TBT/N/USA/1794/Rev.1  
8 April 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  State of 
California  
2. Agency responsible:   
California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) Office of Environmental Health 
Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point via e -mail: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [X] , 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Acrylamide 
exposure from food; Protection against dangerous goods (ICS code(s): 13.300); Food 
products in general (ICS code(s): 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking Ti tle 27, California Code of Regulations Safe Harbor Warnings for 
Acrylamide Exposure from Food; (2 page(s), in English), (14 page(s), in English), (9 
page(s), in English), (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The Office of Environmental Healt h Hazard Assessment 
(OEHHA) proposes to amend Article 6 of T itle 27 of the California Code of Regulations, 
section 25607.2 . This proposed rulemaking would amend subsection (b) to provide an 
additional safe harbor warning option, for businesses that cause significant exposures to 
acrylamide in food products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety   
8. Relevant documents:   
No. 14 -Z, California Regulatory Notice Register 5 April 2024  (pages 393 -397) 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Title 27, California Code of Regulations Safe Harbor 
Warnings for Acrylamide Exposure from Food  
• Notice  G/TBT/N/USA/1794/Re v.1 
 
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  • Initial Statement of Reasons  
• Proposed Regulatory Text  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  20 May 2024; WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked 
to submit comments via e -mail to the USA TBT Enquiry Point ( usatbtep@nist.gov ) by 4:00 
pm ( http://time -time.net/times/time -zones/usa -canada/current -eastern -time-est.php ) 
Eastern Time ( https://24timezones.com/time -zone/et ) on 20 May. Comments received 
by or before the comment end date will be submitted electronically through the OEHHA 
website at https://oehha.ca.gov/comments . 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
Proposed Amendments to the Proposition 65 Clear and Reasonable Warning Regulation: 
Safe Harbor Methods and Content 
https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/crnr/regtextacrlyamide040524.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_02489_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24 _02489_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_02489_02_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_02489_03_e.pdf