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119th CONGRESS
2d Session |
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.
Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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,
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.