Maine · cookware product
For Maine, product category is cookware product; effective date is 2026-01-01; restriction type is sale ban; statute / bill is ME LD 1503 (PL 2021, c. 477) as amended by LD 1537 (PL 2023, c. 630); pfas definition is intentionally added PFAS, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.
- State
- Maine verified
- Product Category
- cookware product verified
- Effective Date
- 2026-01-01 our reading
- Restriction Type
- sale ban our reading
- Statute / Bill
- ME LD 1503 (PL 2021, c. 477) as amended by LD 1537 (PL 2023, c. 630) our reading
- PFAS Definition
- intentionally added PFAS verified
- Exemptions
- currently unavoidable use (CUU) determination; federal law governs; packaging; used products; firefighting foam; FDA-regulated medical devices/drugs; veterinary products; public health/environmental/water quality testing products; DOT/FAA/NASA/DOD/DHS required products; motor vehicles; watercraft; semiconductors; non-consumer laboratory equipment or electronics; equipment used to manufacture exempted products our reading
- Enforcement Agency
- Maine DEP 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
Report on the Implementation of Maine Law Regulating Products Containing Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Sales Prohibitions on Products Containing Intentionally Added PFAS Effective Date | Product Category | January 1, 2023 | Carpet or rug Fabric treatment Fabric treatment that does not contain intentionally added PFAS, but is sold, offered for sale, or distributed for sale in a fluorinated container or in a container that otherwise contains intentionally added PFAS | January 1, 2026 | Cleaning product Cookware product
— maine.gov, retrieved 2026-08-14
Source
- maine.govhttps://www.maine.gov/dep/spills/topics/pfas/PFAS-products/index.html