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The bill reduces consumer exposure to harmful PFAS in cosmetics by 2027 and clarifies prohibited practices for manufacturers, at the cost of compliance and reformulation expenses, potential price or choice impacts for consumers, and some transitional regulatory uncertainty for manufacturers and suppliers.
Consumers — especially those with higher exposure risk or fewer alternatives, including low-income individuals — will face fewer cosmetics with intentionally added PFAS beginning Jan 1, 2027, reducing exposure to persistent, toxic chemicals.
Manufacturers and makers of cosmetics gain a clear regulatory standard on which PFAS in cosmetics are prohibited, reducing regulatory uncertainty about compliance expectations.
Cosmetic manufacturers and suppliers — including many small businesses — will incur reformulation, testing, relabeling, and possible product withdrawal costs to remove PFAS ahead of the 2027 effective date.
Consumers may face higher prices or reduced product choice while companies reformulate, relabel, or withdraw products to comply with the new PFAS restrictions.
The repeal of MOCRA section 3506 could remove or change regulatory provisions manufacturers relied on, creating additional transition uncertainty about compliance obligations for manufacturers and suppliers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Declares cosmetics with intentionally added PFAS adulterated under the FD&C Act, banning such products and setting Jan 1, 2027 as the effective date.
Declares cosmetics that contain intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to be adulterated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, effectively banning those products from the market. The rule defines PFAS and "intentionally added," sets the effective date as January 1, 2027, and repeals a related provision of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022.
Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban the use of intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 6, 2026 by Debbie Dingell · Last progress July 6, 2026