[ Governor Newsom has signed several bills into law, including a
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of planet-warming emissions. Newsom has until Oct. 14 to act on
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CALIFORNIA BANS ‘TOXIC CHEMICALS IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY,’ INCLUDING
AN INGREDIENT IN MARSHMALLOW PEEPS LINKED TO CANCER  
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The Associated Press
October 8, 2023
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_ Governor Newsom has signed several bills into law, including a
sweeping mandate requiring large businesses to disclose a wide range
of planet-warming emissions. Newsom has until Oct. 14 to act on
legislation that lawmakers sent to his desk. _

Marshmallow Peeps candy is on display at a store in Lafayette,
Calif., on March 24, 2023. , AP Photo/Haven Daley, File

 

California on Saturday became the first state to ban four chemicals
used in well-known candies and other foods and drinks because of their
link to certain health problems.

Newsom signed a law banning the red dye No. 3 chemical used as food
coloring for products like Peeps, the marshmallow treat most
associated with Easter. The chemical has been linked to cancer and has
been banned from makeup for more than 30 years.

The law also bans brominated vegetable oil, which is used in some
store brand sodas, and potassium bromate and propylparaben, two
chemicals used in baked goods.

Newsom said in a signing statement that the additives addressed in the
bill are already banned in various other countries. All four chemicals
are already banned in foods in the European Union.

“Signing this into law is a positive step forward on these four food
additives until the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
reviews and establishes national updated safety levels for these
additives,” Newsom’s statement said.

Just Born Inc., the company that makes Peeps, has said it has been
looking for other dye options for its products.

The bill was authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, a Democrat from
Los Angeles.

“The Governor’s signature today represents a huge step forward in
our effort to protect children and families in California from
dangerous and toxic chemicals in our food supply,” Gabriel said in a
statement Saturday.

The law doesn’t take effect until 2027, which Newsom said should
give companies plenty of time to adapt to the new rules.

LEGISLATIVE STAFF UNIONIZATION

Newsom signed a law allowing legislative staffers to unionize, a move
that comes after lawmakers passed several labor initiatives amid a
summer of strikes by hotel workers, actors and writers.

Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, a Democrat representing Inglewood who
introduced the bill, said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in
July that it was hypocritical for lawmakers to ask staffers to write
legislation expanding other workers’ right to unionize when those
staffers themselves cannot form a union.

“Our staff aren’t looking for special treatment,” McKinnor said.
“They’re looking for the same dignity and respect afforded to all
represented workers.”

The law allows lower-level staff to join and form a union, but it does
not apply to lawmakers, chiefs of staff or appointed officers in the
Legislature.

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