New Jersey · cookware
For New Jersey, product category is cookware; effective date is 2028-01-12; restriction type is disclosure requirement; statute / bill is NJ P.L.2025, c.202 (S1042), C.56:3-59; pfas definition is intentionally added PFAS, recorded from its source on 2026-10-07.
- State
- New Jersey our reading
- Product Category
- cookware verified
- Effective Date
- 2028-01-12 our reading
- Restriction Type
- disclosure requirement our reading
- Statute / Bill
- NJ P.L.2025, c.202 (S1042), C.56:3-59 our reading
- PFAS Definition
- intentionally added PFAS verified
- Exemptions
- cookware whose surface area cannot fit a product label of at least two square inches and which has no exterior container or wrapper on which a label can appear and no tag or other attachment our reading
- Enforcement Agency
- New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
7. a. Beginning two years after the effective date of this act, a manufacturer of cookware sold in the State that contains an intentionally added PFAS in the handle of the product or in any product surface that comes into contact with food, foodstuffs, or beverages shall list the presence of the intentionally added PFAS on the product label.
— pub.njleg.state.nj.us, retrieved 2026-10-07
Where each value comes from
This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.
Effective Date
17. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved January 12, 2026.
Exemptions
e. Cookware that meets both of the following requirements shall be exempt from the labeling requirements of this section: (1) the surface area of the cookware cannot fit a product label of at least two square inches; and (2) the cookware does not have either of the following: (a) an exterior container or wrapper on which a product label can appear or be affixed; or (b) a tag or other attachment with information about the product attached to the cookware.
Enforcement Agency
Whenever the Division of Consumer Affairs finds that a person has violated any provision of this act, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto
— all from pub.njleg.state.nj.us, retrieved 2026-10-07
Source
- pub.njleg.state.nj.ushttps://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/PL25/202_.HTM