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Bill · 119th Congress · S 5516

Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2026

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Introduced 2026-09-24Topic: health care

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This bill would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make it a prohibited act to introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate commerce any food packaging that contains intentionally added PFAS. It defines PFAS as a man-made perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. The ban would apply beginning on January 1, 2028.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-09-24SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.refer
2026-09-24Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-14. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.