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Banned

• It contains intentionally added PFAS

Takes effect 1 Jan 2032

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2032

Residual ban on any product with intentionally added PFAS from 2032-01-01 unless the commissioner determines an unavoidable use; read category-wide (subd. 5(d): "any product" with no carve-out for subd. 5(a) products). Unavoidable-use determinations are made by rule and none appear in the law text.

Notification to Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Brief product description with UPC/SKU or other numeric code; purpose of PFAS in the product and its components; amount of each PFAS by CAS number (exact quantity or approved range); manufacturer name and address and contact person; any additional information requested. Category/type-level reporting allowed with approval; update on significant change or when a new product is sold.

• It was manufactured after July 1, 2023, and it contains intentionally added PFAS

In force since 1 Jan 2026

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2026

Subd. 2(a) as amended by Laws 2026, ch. 127, art. 14, s. 4 (effective the day after enactment): the duty reaches a manufacturer of a product manufactured after July 1, 2023, sold, offered for sale or distributed in the state, that contains intentionally added PFAS. Due date 2026-01-01 is as printed in the amended text; the Revisor statute page had not yet incorporated the amendment on 2026-10-27.

Notification to Persons who sell or offer for sale the prohibited product, and the commissioner (list of names and addresses)

Notice that sale of the product is prohibited in Minnesota, plus a list of those notified.

• It contains intentionally added PFAS

Takes effect 1 Jan 2032

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2032

Products outside subd. 5(a) become prohibited under subdivision 5 on 2032-01-01 (subd. 5(d)), when the manufacturer notice duty reaches them.

Notification to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (commissioner)

Annual update, by February 1, of the report with the 7026.0030 information, where a significant change was made to a product, new product information was provided to a manufacturer, or a new product was sold in or into the state in the previous calendar year

• It contains intentionally added PFAS

In force since 1 Jan 2026

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2026

Update duty has no date of its own; it follows the initial report (January 1, 2026), so that date is a derived lower bound. First update falls on a February 1 after the initial report.

Notification to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (commissioner)

Initial report: product description and numeric product code; each PFAS by chemical name and CASRN (or other identifier); concentration range or total organic fluorine; function of each PFAS; manufacturer information with NAICS/SIC code; authorized representative and alternate contact; $800 flat fee (7026.0100 subp. 2)

• It contains intentionally added PFAS

In force since 1 Jan 2026

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2026

Rule text (revisor, published April 8, 2026) gives January 1, 2026. The MPCA reporting page says initial reports are due Sept. 15, 2026 (its schedule row also shows July 1, 2026); that guidance date is not used because it differs from the rule text and is not law text. Rule applies to manufacturers of products containing intentionally added PFAS; the home category covers all products in the taxonomy.

Notification to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (commissioner)

Report for a new product with intentionally added PFAS, with the information required by 7026.0030 subp. 1 and the required fee

• It is a new product with intentionally added PFAS

In force since 1 Jan 2026

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2026

Applies to new products with intentionally added PFAS after January 1, 2026; report due by February 1 of the following year. Rule text (revisor, published April 8, 2026) gives January 1, 2026. The MPCA reporting page says initial reports are due Sept. 15, 2026 (its schedule row also shows July 1, 2026); that guidance date is not used because it differs from the rule text and is not law text. Rule applies to manufacturers of products containing intentionally added PFAS; the home category covers all products in the taxonomy.

Join a registered producer responsibility organization (PRO) for the product's packaging

Registration required

Packaging EPR: after July 1, 2025 a producer must be a member of a producer responsibility organization registered in Minnesota (115A.1448 subd. 1(a)); after January 1, 2029 no producer may introduce covered materials, separately or used to package another product, without a written agreement with a PRO operating under an approved stewardship plan (subd. 1(b)); the producer implements the plan and pays producer fees (subd. 2)

• Your total gross revenue in the most recent year at least 2000000 USD
• Packaging you supplied into Minnesota last year at least 1 tons
• You are the producer of the packaging under Minn. Stat. 115A.1441 subd. 26 (the brand-owning manufacturer, licensee, brand owner, or US importer of record of the item; for e-commerce shipping packaging, the person who packs the shipment), and you are not a de minimis producer (subd. 13: less than one ton of covered material into Minnesota, or global gross revenues under $2,000,000, in the most recent fiscal year)

Depends on: annual gross revenue usd, packaging tons mn

In force since 2 Jul 2025

Applies to products sold on or after 2 Jul 2025

PRO membership after July 1, 2025 (115A.1448 subd. 1(a)); stewardship-plan agreement required after January 1, 2029 (subd. 1(b)); covered materials must be reusable, refillable or on the recyclable/compostable list after January 1, 2032 (subd. 1(c)).

The product's packaging (and its inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives) has no intentionally added lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium, and the four together are at most 100 ppm

Must meet the conditions of Toxics in packaging: no manufacturer or distributor may sell or offer for sale in Minnesota packaging, or a product contained in packaging, whose packaging or its inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers or other additives contain intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium (subd. 1(a)); the total concentration of the four in any packaging must not exceed 100 parts per million by weight (subd. 2(3)). "Distributor" includes the person who imports the packaging into the state (subd. 1(b)(1))

Every product in the category

In force since 1 Aug 1993

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Aug 1993

Subd. 1(a): not later than August 1, 1993; the 100 ppm total applies from August 1, 1995 (subd. 2(3)).

The product, and any flame-retardant part of it, contains no more than 0.1 percent pentabromodiphenyl ether or octabromodiphenyl ether by mass

Must meet the conditions of PBDE flame retardants: beginning January 1, 2008, a person may not manufacture, process, or distribute in commerce in Minnesota a product or flame-retardant part of a product containing more than one-tenth of one percent of pentaBDE or octaBDE by mass (subd. 1)

Every product in the category

In force since 1 Jan 2008

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2008

Stated: “beginning January 1, 2008” (subd. 1); retailers holding stock on that date may exhaust it (subd. 2).

Environmental marketing claims for a product sold in Minnesota, or for its packaging, conform to the FTC Green Guides (16 CFR 260)

Must meet the conditions of Minn. Stat. 325E.41 subd. 1(a): environmental marketing claims made by a manufacturer, packager, wholesaler, or retailer for a product sold or offered for sale or distribution in Minnesota, including claims about its packaging, must conform to the standards or be consistent with the examples in 16 CFR part 260 (Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims) for general environmental benefit claims, degradable, compostable, recyclable and recycled-content claims, and source reduction, refillability and ozone-safety claims. (b): only claims made in an attempt to influence end users' purchasing decisions. Subd. 2: violations carry the penalties and remedies of section 8.31.

• Claim: eco-friendly or sustainable or carbon neutral or recyclable or biodegradable or compostable or degradable
• You make an environmental marketing claim for the product or its packaging (general environmental benefit, degradable, compostable, recyclable, recycled content, source reduction, refillability or ozone safety) in an attempt to influence end users' purchasing decisions (Minn. Stat. 325E.41 subd. 1)

In force, start date unknown

Enacted by Laws 1996 c 359 s 2 (History line); the section states no start date, and the date shown is the general August 1 effective date for Minnesota laws, a proxy.

A Minnesota consumer sale “as is” or “with all faults” disclaims the implied warranties only with a conspicuous writing, given before the sale, that says so and that the whole risk of quality and performance is the buyer's

Disclosure to buyer

Minn. Stat. 325G.18 subd. 1: every consumer sale in Minnesota carries an implied warranty of merchantability (and of fitness where the seller knows the buyer relies on it for a particular purpose) unless disclaimed as subd. 2 prescribes. Subd. 2: an “as is” or “with all faults” sale disclaims them only if a conspicuous writing clearly informs the buyer, before the sale, in simple and concise language that (1) the goods are being sold on an “as is” or “with all faults” basis and (2) the entire risk as to quality and performance is with the buyer; a mail order catalog may carry the writing.

• It is a consumer sale: new goods, or goods under an express warranty, bought mainly for personal, family or household use (Minn. Stat. 325G.17 subd. 2)
• You choose to sell it on an “as is” or “with all faults” basis in a Minnesota consumer sale (Minn. Stat. 325G.18 subd. 2)

In force, start date unknown

Enacted by Laws 1973 c 692 (History line); the sections state no start date, and the date shown is the general August 1 effective date for 1973 Minnesota laws, a proxy.

Whoever gives a written express warranty in a Minnesota consumer sale honors its terms and does not use it to disclaim the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness

Must meet the conditions of Minn. Stat. 325G.19 subd. 1: no express warranty arising out of a consumer sale of new goods may disclaim the implied warranties of merchantability or, where applicable, of fitness; subd. 2: the maker of an express warranty arising out of a consumer sale in Minnesota must honor its terms (the manufacturer, distributor or retail seller each honors its own); subd. 3: a manufacturer that authorizes a Minnesota retailer to do warranty service pays the retailer its normal retail rate. Express warranty (325G.17 subd. 5): a written statement in a consumer sale undertaking to preserve or maintain the goods' utility or performance or to compensate or replace on failure. Violations are treated as violations of 325F.69 (325G.20).

• It is a consumer sale: new goods, or goods under an express warranty, bought mainly for personal, family or household use (Minn. Stat. 325G.17 subd. 2)
• You make an express warranty (a written statement undertaking to preserve or maintain the goods' utility or performance, or to compensate or replace them; Minn. Stat. 325G.17 subd. 5) in a consumer sale in Minnesota

In force, start date unknown

Enacted by Laws 1973 c 692 (History line); the sections state no start date, and the date shown is the general August 1 effective date for 1973 Minnesota laws, a proxy.