G/TBT/N/USA/1794  
2 November 2021  
(21-8309) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
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 (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  State of 
California  
2. Agency responsible:  Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, State of 
California [1823]  
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: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other : Technical 
Regulation - Local Government (Article 3.2)  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Acrylamide in food warnings; Domestic safety (ICS 13.120), Food products in general 
(ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposition 65 
Article 6 Acrylamide in Food Warnings (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - Adds new section to adopt new safe harbor 
warning content for exposure to acrylamide from food.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
No. 39 -Z, California Regulatory Notice Register 24 September 2021 (pages 1355 -1358): 
https://oal.ca.gov/wp -content/up loads/sites/166/2021/09/2021 -Notice -Register -
Number -39-Z-September -24-2021.pdf   
Further information accessible online from the California Office of Environmental Health 
Hazard Assessment (OEEHA) at   https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition -65/crnr/notice -
proposed -rulemaking -new-subsection -256072b -warning -content -acrylamide  
Title 27, California Code of Regulations (CCR), P roposed Amendments to Article 6: Safe 
Harbor Clear and Reasonable Warnings for Acrylamide Exposures from Food, New 
subsection 25607.2(b)  
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments via e -mail to the 
USA TBT Enquiry Point at usatbtep@n ist.gov  by or before 4pm EST on 8 November 2021. 
Comments received within the comment period by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO 
Members and their stakeholders will be shared directly with the California OEEHA and will G/TBT/N/USA/1794  
 
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  also be submitted per instructions accessible at https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition -
65/comments/comment -period -notice -proposed -rulemaking -new-subsection -256072b -
warning .  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  8 November 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_6943_00_e.pdf