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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 56:3-58

Food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS

Known as the Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act

The act spans §§ 56:3-13.10 to 56:3-63 (71 sections).

L.2025, c.202, s.6.

6. a. Beginning two years after the effective date of this act, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in the State any food packaging that contains intentionally added PFAS.

b. If a food packaging product contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of PFAS, which stems from impurities of natural or synthetic ingredients or the manufacturing process, storage, or migration from packaging of the product, that trace quantity shall not cause the product to be in violation of this section.

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