New Jersey · cosmetic product
For New Jersey, product category is cosmetic product; effective date is 2028-01-12; restriction type is sale ban; statute / bill is NJ P.L.2025, c.202 (S1042), C.56:3-56; pfas definition is intentionally added PFAS, recorded from its source on 2026-10-07.
- State
- New Jersey our reading
- Product Category
- cosmetic product verified
- Effective Date
- 2028-01-12 our reading
- Restriction Type
- sale ban our reading
- Statute / Bill
- NJ P.L.2025, c.202 (S1042), C.56:3-56 our reading
- PFAS Definition
- intentionally added PFAS verified
- Exemptions
- a product that contains intentionally added PFAS only in electronic components or internal components of the product our reading
- Unavoidable Trace Quantity
- a technically unavoidable trace quantity of PFAS, which stems from impurities of natural or synthetic ingredients or the manufacturing process, storage, or migration from packaging 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
4. a. Beginning two years after the effective date of this act, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in the State any cosmetic product that contains intentionally added PFAS.
— 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
c. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a product that contains intentionally added PFAS only in electronic components or internal components of the product.
Unavoidable Trace Quantity
b. If a cosmetic product contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of PFAS, which stems from impurities of natural or synthetic ingredients or the manufacturing process, storage, or migration from packaging of the cosmetic product, that trace quantity shall not cause the product to be in violation of this section.
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