Attorney generals from Iowa, Nebraska and fifteen other states are asking the EPA to enact a rule that would create uniform labeling requirements across the country and preempt California’s Prop 65. Last summer, a coalition of States led by Nebraska and Iowa proposed the very uniform labeling rule that the EPA is now considering.

 

Currently, states can require manufacturers to label products with health information that is inconsistent with the EPA’s findings about a product’s health effects. California’s Prop 65 requires manufacturers to label products containing glyphosate as likely carcinogenic even though the EPA has concluded the herbicide does not present a risk to human health.

 

The current system of patchwork labeling requirements has led to needless, years-long litigation. It has also left manufacturers and farmers unsure about their legal obligations and the health effects of certain products.