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In this section: Process Contaminants in Food

FDA Announcements on PFAS and Other U.S. Government Information

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

FDA Announcements

2025

Constituent Update: FDA Adds Firms to Import Alert Due to PFAS in Clams (February 18, 2025)
Constituent Update: FDA Determines Authorization for 35 Food Contact Notifications Related to PFAS Are No Longer Effective (January 3, 2025)

2024

Constituent Update: FDA Shares Testing Results for PFAS in Clams (December 18, 2024)
Constituent Update: The FDA Issues Request for Information on PFAS in Seafood (November 19, 2024)
Constituent Update: April 2024 Update on PFAS (April 18, 2024)
Constituent Update: FDA Issues Import Alert for Food Products with Chemical Contaminants Including PFAS (March 20, 2024)
Constituent Update: FDA Announces PFAS Used in Grease-Proofing Agents for Food Packaging No Longer Being Sold in the U.S. (February 28, 2024)
FDA Press Release: FDA, Industry Actions End Sales of PFAS Used in U.S. Food Packaging (February 28, 2024)

2023

CFSAN Constituent: FDA Update on PFAS Activities (May 31, 2023)

2022

Constituent Update: FDA Issues RFI on Fluorinated Polyethylene Food Contact Containers (July 19, 2022)
Constituent Update: FDA Shares Results on PFAS Testing in Seafood (July 6, 2022)
Constituent Update: Update on FDA’s Continuing Efforts to Understand and Reduce Exposure to PFAS from Foods (February 24, 2022)

2021

Constituent Update: FDA Makes Available PFAS Testing Results from First Survey of Processed Foods (August 26, 2021)
FDA Press Release: FDA Releases PFAS Testing Results from First Survey of Nationally Distributed Processed Foods (August 26, 2021)
Constituent Update: FDA Issues Letter to Industry on Fluorinated Polyethylene Food Contact Containers (August 5, 2021)
FDA Press Release: FDA Provides Update on Ongoing Efforts to Better Understand the Occurrence of PFAS in the Food Supply (June 30, 2021)
Constituent Update: FDA Issues Update on Recent Activities Pertaining to PFAS in Food (June 30, 2021)

2020

FDA Statement: Statement from FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., and Susan Mayne, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: FDA Announces Voluntary Agreement with Manufacturers to Phase Out Certain Short-Chain PFAS Used in Food Packaging (July 31, 2020)
Constituent Update: FDA Announces the Voluntary Phase-Out by Industry of Certain PFAS Used in Food Packaging (July 31, 2020)

2019

Constituent Update: FDA Makes Available Results from Second Round of Testing for PFAS in Foods from the General Food Supply (December 20, 2019)
Constituent Update: FDA Makes Available Testing Method for PFAS in Foods and Final Results from Recent Surveys (October 31, 2019)
FDA Statement: Statement on FDA’s scientific work to measure certain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food, and findings from recent FDA surveys. (June 11, 2019)

Other U.S. Government Information on PFAS

The White House: Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Launches Plan to Combat PFAS Pollution
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Your Health
The United States Environmental Protection Agency: Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

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