# Rhode Island · food package — US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category

For Rhode Island, product category is food package; effective date is 2025-01-01; restriction type is sale ban; statute / bill is R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.13-4 (RI Toxic Packaging Reduction Act, PFAS ban added by P.L. 2022, ch. 293); pfas definition is intentionally introduced, recorded from its source on 2026-10-06.

- **State:** Rhode Island _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Product Category:** food package _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective Date:** 2025-01-01 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction Type:** sale ban _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute / Bill:** R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.13-4 (RI Toxic Packaging Reduction Act, PFAS ban added by P.L. 2022, ch. 293) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **PFAS Definition:** intentionally introduced _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (d) Effective January 1, 2025, no food package to which PFAS have been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution in any amount shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by its manufacturer or distributor in the state.

## Source

- https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-18.13/23-18.13-4.htm

Last verified: 2026-10-06. Review by: 2027-01-04.
Part of [US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category](https://referencesource.org/state-pfas-product-restrictions/).