S. 5516

Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2026

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sep 24)

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Sec. 1. Short title

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:

Text this section adds to the law

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(1) The introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS.

(2) The term PFAS means a perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance that is man-made with at least 1 fully fluorinated carbon atom.

(b) Applicability. The amendment made by subsection (a) applies beginning on January 1, 2028.