Ban Pfas In Food Packaging

A new report finds toxic chemicals called pfas in the food packaging on fast food burgers at mcdonald s and burger king as well as on supposedly environmentally safe fiber take out containers at.

Ban pfas in food packaging. The ban estimated to take effect by july 2020 would make denmark the first country to ban the class of chemicals from food contact materials. Maine s toxic chemicals in packaging law signed by the governor on june 13 2019 authorizes the maine department of environmental protection to issue a rule prohibiting the sale of food. More specifically the bill prohibits anyone from distributing selling or offering for sale any food in packaging that. Washington state amended its toxics in packaging law in 2018 to include a ban on pfass in food packaging made from paper and paperboard effective in january 2022 but only if the state s department of ecology identifies safer alternatives by conducting an alternatives assessment prior to that date.

In an article published on july 23 2020 law firm earth justice reported that the legislature for the us state of new york has passed a bill that will ban all per and polyfluoroalkyl substances pfas in food packaging sold or distributed in the state. We can see that the substances represent a major health problem and we can no longer wait for the eu. In an press release published on september 2 2019 the danish ministry of environment and food announced that the danish government will ban the use of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in paper and cardboard used in food contact materials by july 2020. Washington state amended its toxics in packaging law in 2018 to include a ban on pfas in food packaging made from paper and paperboard effective in january 2022 but only if the state s department of ecology identifies safer alternatives by conducting an alternatives assessment prior to that date.

Maine s toxic chemicals in packaging law signed by the governor on june 13 2019 authorizes the maine department of environmental protection to issue a rule prohibiting the sale. Bills to restrict forever chemicals in firefighting foam and food packaging are among the legislation that a network of state environmental health groups expects state lawmakers to take up this year according to an analysis the network released wednesday. Some restaurants stopped using packaging containing pfas but some of the biggest chains still do. The bill broadly bans the use of all pfas a class of over 7 000 chemicals that include pfoa pfos and genx.

We will ban them because i will not accept the risk of these very harmful substances migrating from the packaging to the food. Denmark will be the first country to ban pfas chemicals which have been linked to cancer elevated cholesterol and decreased fertility from food packaging starting next year. While not yet signed into law by governor cuomo the new york state legislature passed legislation s 8817 and a 4739 c that bans per or polyfluoroalkyl substances pfas in food packaging sold or distributed in the state effective in 2023.