Vermont · cosmetic or menstrual product
For Vermont, product category is cosmetic or menstrual product; effective date is 2026-01-01; restriction type is sale ban; statute / bill is 9 V.S.A. § 2494b (VT Act 131, amended by Act 54); pfas definition is intentionally added in any amount, recorded from its source on 2026-10-07.
- State
- Vermont our reading
- Product Category
- cosmetic or menstrual product verified
- Effective Date
- 2026-01-01 our reading
- Restriction Type
- sale ban our reading
- Statute / Bill
- 9 V.S.A. § 2494b (VT Act 131, amended by Act 54) our reading
- PFAS Definition
- intentionally added in any amount verified
- Unavoidable Trace Quantity
- a technically unavoidable trace quantity from ingredient impurities, the manufacturing process, storage or migration from packaging 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
(a) A manufacturer shall not manufacture, sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in this State any cosmetic or menstrual product to which the following chemicals or chemical classes have been intentionally added in any amount: (1) ortho-phthalates; (2) PFAS;
— legislature.vermont.gov, 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
§ 2494b. Prohibited chemicals in cosmetic and menstrual products [Effective January 1, 2026]
Unavoidable Trace Quantity
(b) A cosmetic or menstrual product made through manufacturing processes intended to comply with this subchapter and containing a technically unavoidable trace quantity of a chemical or chemical class listed in subsection (a) of this section shall not be in violation of this subchapter on account of the trace quantity where it is caused by impurities of: (1) natural or synthetic ingredients; (2) the manufacturing process; (3) storage; or (4) migration from packaging.
— all from legislature.vermont.gov, retrieved 2026-10-07
Source
- legislature.vermont.govhttps://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/063/02494b