Now that a World Health Organization agency has classified them as carcinogenic, bacon, ham and other processed meats could require warning labels in California.
Proposition 65, passed in 1986, requires California to compile a list of “chemicals known to increase cancer risk.” State health officials say they are reviewing the WHO’s findings and not sure if they will add processed meats.
“I think the likelihood is pretty great,” says Bruce Nye, managing partner at Adams Nye Becht, who defends companies in Proposition 65 cases. “Generally speaking, the lead agency in California takes the position that if IARC [the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer] has listed a chemical as a human carcinogen, it has to be added to the Proposition 65 list.”
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