Prop65 requirements for greens powder

By Jake, founder · Published · Updated

prop65 sets 5 requirements for greens powder: 3 with a numeric limit, 2 advisory (no authoritative number exists), each carrying its primary-source citation below, last verified 2026-07-24.

The requirements

prop65 requirements for greens powder with citations
RequirementCategoryLimitUnitBasisMethodStatusSource
Lead (Pb)leadheavy metals≤ 0.5µg/dayper dayn/aMandatoryOEHHA Proposition 65 Safe Harbor — MADL (reproductive) (Title 27 CCR §25705/§25805)verified 2026-07-24
Arsenic, inorganic (As)arsenic_inorganicheavy metals≤ 10µg/dayper dayn/aMandatoryOEHHA Proposition 65 Safe Harbor — NSRL (cancer, oral) (Title 27 CCR §25705/§25805)verified 2026-07-24
Cadmium (Cd)cadmiumheavy metals≤ 4.1µg/dayper dayn/aMandatoryOEHHA Proposition 65 Safe Harbor — MADL (reproductive, oral) (Title 27 CCR §25705/§25805)verified 2026-07-24
Mercury and mercury compoundsmercury_totalheavy metalsn/an/an/an/aAdvisoryOEHHA Proposition 65 — chemical listed; no adopted NSRL/MADL safe-harbor numberverified 2026-07-24
Methylmercurymethylmercuryheavy metalsn/an/an/an/aAdvisoryOEHHA Proposition 65 — chemical listed; no adopted NSRL/MADL safe-harbor numberverified 2026-07-24

Advisory rows have no authoritative published number, so no value is invented for them. Per-day bases convert to a concentration limit only with a specific product's serving size, so no bare concentration is stated here.

Who is responsible

The brand owner, even when manufacturing is contracted out. A quality agreement can allocate who performs each task; it cannot transfer the responsibility for a correctly documented product that meets these requirements. In practice: the manufacturer runs the tests and holds the records, and the brand must be able to produce them, current and complete, when a platform, retailer, or inspector asks.

What a certificate of analysis (COA) needs to show to clear this review

A COA that clears review against this table has, at minimum:

  1. Laboratory identity with contact details and an accreditation reference: verifiers contact the issuing lab to confirm authenticity.
  2. Sample identification: product name and lot code matching the batch, with report, manufacture, and expiry dates that agree with each other.
  3. One row per requirement above: the analyte as tested, the numeric result with its unit, the method, and the lab's own specification. “Conforms” without a number is not a result a reviewer can accept.
  4. Detection limits on non-detects: “ND” only demonstrates compliance when the method's detection limit is at or below the required limit.
  5. Current date: verification programmes cap document age; an expired COA is unusable regardless of its content.

Common questions

Who is responsible for meeting prop65 requirements?
The brand owner. Responsibility for individual tasks can be allocated to a contract manufacturer through a quality agreement, but the responsibility for a correctly documented product that meets these requirements cannot be contracted out. The manufacturer holds the records; the brand holds the liability.
Where do these values come from?
Every row carries its own primary-source citation and the date it was last verified (2026-07-24). Nothing on this page is estimated: values marked advisory have no authoritative published number, and no number is invented for them.
What happens when a value changes?
The dataset is versioned. When a set is superseded, this page regenerates with the new values and the update date changes, and customers with affected SKUs are told what changed and what is now needed.
How do I know if my current documents meet these requirements?
Upload them to the free gap check. It reads each document, compares every extracted value against this table, and names what is missing, with the citation, before any reviewer does.

Would your documents pass against this table?

The agent reads your greens powder label or test report against these rows, compares every value, and names what is missing with the citation. Get in touch and we will take you through it on a document of yours.