# Rhode Island · food packaging — US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category For Rhode Island, product category is food packaging; effective date is 2024-01-01; restriction type is sale ban; statute / bill is RI S 0220; pfas definition is PFAS, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14. - **State:** Rhode Island _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Product Category:** food packaging _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Effective Date:** 2024-01-01 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Restriction Type:** sale ban _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Statute / Bill:** RI S 0220 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **PFAS Definition:** PFAS _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > Rhode Island Rhode Island’s S 0220 bans PFAS in food packaging (in effect since 2024) and is expanding to cosmetics, juvenile products, and textiles in 2026-2027. ## Source - https://nontoxiclab.com/pfas-state-ban-tracker-2026/ Last verified: 2026-08-14. Review by: 2026-11-12. Part of [US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category](https://referencesource.org/state-pfas-product-restrictions/).