Why am I Seeing This Warning?
California has a law known as “Proposition 65” (the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986). This is a warnings law. It lists over 900 different chemicals that the state of California says can cause cancer or reproductive harm. Even if a product contains a trace amount of one of the chemicals, the company can be served with a violation claim by a plaintiff’s lawyer if there is no Prop 65 warning on the product. The company can then be required to pay penalties and the plaintiff’s attorney’s fees. Many companies like ours place Prop 65 warnings to avoid this cost, which can run into the tens of thousands of dollars per claim. Though the law only applies to California sales, we do not know where the companies who buy our products will sell them. Typically, companies order our product shipped to a distribution center and they decide which states the products get shipped to for sale. So, to avoid the costs that come with no warnings, we place them on all of our products, whether sold in California or not.
Does Proposition 65 Warning Mean the Products are Unsafe?
No! Our products are safe to handle and use with food. Prop 65 is designed to tell the buyer the product contains one or more of the 900-plus chemicals on the Prop 65 list. It does not mean the product is unsafe to use. In fact, many types of China, ceramic dishware, and even glassware and tableware, contain trace amounts of chemicals listed on the Prop 65 list. Many of these manufacturers also place Prop 65 warnings to avoid the potential penalties for failing to include the warning. For more information visit: https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/.
Product Safety Testing
Every food related item in our collection undergoes rigorous testing through certified, independent laboratories to ensure it meets the highest safety standards before we imported oversea. Please note that uncertified or non-standardized testing methods can produce unreliable and scientifically invalid results. These methods are not aligned with established safety standards and should not be used to assess product compliance.