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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 827S.P. 351 In Senate, March 4, 2025
An Act to Allow the Sale of Polymer-coated Cookware That Is
Authorized for Food Contact by the United States Food and Drug
Administration
Reference to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin. Page 1 - 132LR1566(01)
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3 amended to read:
4 A-10. "Cookware product" means a durable houseware product intended to be used on
5 a cooktop or in an oven to prepare, dispense or store food, foodstuffs or beverages,
6 including, but not limited to, a pot, pan, skillet, grill, baking sheet, baking mold, tray,
7 bowl and cooking utensil. "Cookware product" does not include a polymer-coated
8 durable item that the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Food
9 and Drug Administration authorizes for food contact.
10 as enacted by PL 2023, c. 630, ยง1, is
11 amended by amending subparagraph (2) to read:
12 (2) A cookware product with a cooking surface that is intended to be in direct
13 contact with foodstuffs or beverages and containing intentionally added PFAS.
14 This subparagraph does not apply to a cookware product with a cooking surface
15 containing polytetrafluoroethylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene or
16 perfluoroalkoxy alkane;
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18 This bill allows the sale of cookware with a cooking surface containing the PFAS
19 polytetrafluoroethylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene or perfluoroalkoxy alkane.
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