# Self-contained refrigerated food processing and dispensing products — US AIM Act sector-specific refrigerant GWP limits and compliance dates (40 CFR 84.54)

For Self-contained refrigerated food processing and dispensing products, restriction type is manufacture/import; maximum gwp is named list; effective date is January 1, 2027; conditions is with refrigerant charge sizes greater than 500 g; cfr paragraph is § 84.54(a)(9)(ii), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Sector/subsector:** Self-contained refrigerated food processing and dispensing products _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Restriction type:** manufacture/import _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum GWP:** named list
- **Effective date:** January 1, 2027 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Conditions:** with refrigerant charge sizes greater than 500 g _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR paragraph:** § 84.54(a)(9)(ii) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> ( 9 ) Self-contained refrigerated food processing and dispensing products as follows: ( i ) Effective January 1, 2027, products outside the scope of UL 621, “Ice Cream Makers,” Edition 7, dated May 07, 2010, with revisions through September 16, 2020, as of December 26, 2023, with refrigerant charge sizes less than or equal to 500 g using a regulated substance, or a blend containing a regulated substance, with a global warming potential of 150 or greater; ( ii ) Effective January 1, 2027, products outside the scope of UL 621, “Ice Cream Makers,” Edition 7, dated May 7, 2010, with revisions through September 16, 2020, as of December 26, 2023, with refrigerant charge sizes greater than 500 g, using any of the following: R-402A, R-402B, R-404A, R-407A, R-407B, R-407C, R-407F, R-407H, R-408A, R-410A, R-410B, R-411A, R-411B, R-417A, R-417C, R-420A, R-421A, R-421B, R-422A, R-422B, R-422C, R-422D, R-424A, R-426A, R-427A, R-428A, R-434A, R-437A, R-438A, R-507A, HFC-134a, HFC-227ea, R-125/290/134a/600a (55/1/42.5/1.5), RB-276, RS-24 (2002 formulation), RS-44 (2003 formulation), GHG-X5, or Freeze 12; and

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-84

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
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