Environmental & Energy,
Health Care & Hospital Law
Jan. 5, 2022
AB 1200: New PFAS law and its imminent impact on the food industry
California has a new PFAS law that affects all businesses involved in the sale of food packaging and cookware, including restaurants. All California restaurants must come into compliance with the food packaging by January 1, 2023 and the cookware requirements by January 1, 2024.
Maureen F. Gorsen
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Email: maureen.gorsen@sidley.com
Georgetown University Law Center; Washington DC
Maureen is a member of Sidley's Environmental practice, focusing on enforcement defense and regulatory compliance.
California has a new PFAS law that affects all businesses involved in the sale of food packaging and cookware, including restaurants. All California restaurants must come into compliance with the food packaging by January 1, 2023 and the cookware requirements by January 1, 2024.
PFAS are a class of human-made fluorinated organic chemicals that share one common trait -- highly stable carbon-fluorine bonds that make them or their final degrad...
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