Newsom blocks bill that would further limit PFAS in packaging

October 16, 2025

Read the full article by Cole Rosengren (Packaging Drive)

"California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills related to PFAS and plastic microbeads, capping off a legislative session that brought little change for the packaging industry.

SB 682, sponsored by state Sen. Ben Allen, would have prohibited by 2028 the distribution or sale in California of any food packaging and certain other consumer products that included intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. That prohibition would have extended to a range of other categories, including cleaning products and cookware, by 2031.

The PFAS proposal was described as among the most stringent in the country. It was designed to build on an existing law, AB 1200 from 2021, that bans the use of plant fiber-based food packaging which contains intentionally added PFAS or levels exceeding 100 parts per million."