# Vermont · cosmetic or menstrual product — US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Product Category:** cosmetic or menstrual product _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective Date:** 2026-01-01 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction Type:** sale ban _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute / Bill:** 9 V.S.A. § 2494b (VT Act 131, amended by Act 54) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **PFAS Definition:** intentionally added in any amount _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Unavoidable Trace Quantity:** a technically unavoidable trace quantity from ingredient impurities, the manufacturing process, storage or migration from packaging _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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;

## 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.

## Source

- https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/063/02494b

Last verified: 2026-10-07. Review by: 2027-01-05.
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