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Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2026
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Prohibits the introduction or delivery into interstate commerce of food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals
- Defines PFAS as a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated methyl or methylene carbon atom
- The prohibition takes effect on January 1, 2027
- Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to enforce the food packaging restriction
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Actions (2)
- Jul 6, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Jul 6, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 6, 2026
Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST FOOD PACKAGING CONTAINING INTENTIONALLY ADDED PFAS.
(a) In General.—Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(jjj)(1) The introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS.
“(2) In this paragraph, the term ‘PFAS’ means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated methyl or methylene carbon atom.”.
(b) Applicability.—The amendment made by subsection (a) applies beginning on January 1, 2027. <all>
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