(USA)FDA Announces PFAS Used in Grease - Proofing Agents for Food Packaging No Longer Being Sold in the U.S.

This announcement states that food packaging grease-proofing agents containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been fully phased out from the U.S. market. It marks the commencement of efforts to stop the sale of food contact agents containing specific PFAS in the U.S., applicable to the production, import, sale, and use of PFAS-containing food contact grease-proofing agents within the U.S.