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ClaraDB gives a verdict only for PFAS state laws for cookware and bakeware, California Proposition 65 consumer-product warning check for BPA, BPS, formaldehyde, styrene, antimony trioxide, vinyl acetate, lead and cadmium, California Proposition 65 warning check for candles and ceramicware (lead, cadmium, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, naphthalene, carbon monoxide, benzo[a]pyrene), US packaging EPR producer size thresholds (California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington) for a brand-owning manufacturer, US lead in children's products and furniture (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in toys and child care articles (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in children's products (other) and bags (lead paint and total lead content), US phthalates in children's toys and child care articles (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP) and US children's product certificate and tracking label for children's tableware (AI-checked, quotes verified word for word). Every other answer shows the laws and quotes found without saying whether they apply. Not checked: Consumer electronics (FCC equipment authorization, 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15, energy rules). What ClaraDB has checked
Home and kitchen goodsMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · 1 not read yet
- PFAS in products (38 MRSA 1614)
- DEP Chapter 90 currently-unavoidable-use notifications (condition not expressible yet)
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · 1 not read yet
- PFAS in products including cosmetics (38 MRSA 1614, stored)
- DEP Chapter 90 unavoidable-use notices
Packaged food and beveragesMain sources
Maine (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sources
Maine (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sources
Maine (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
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8 of 17 rules match the industry. Open a law to read its rules.
Banned
Exemptions (5)
Currently unavoidable use determined by rule: exempt for five years from rule effective date or prohibition, whichever is longer
“If the department determines by rule that the use of PFAS in a product or product category is a currently unavoidable use:”
Products sold in used condition exempt
“Any such products sold, offered for sale or distributed for sale in used condition;”
Retailers exempt unless notified that the sale of the product is prohibited
“The prohibitions in this subsection do not apply to a retailer in the State unless the retailer sells, offers for sale or distributes for sale a product containing intentionally added PFAS in the State for which the retailer has received a notification pursuant to subsection 8, paragraph B that the sale of the product is prohibited.”
Products for which federal law preempts state authority
“A product for which federal law governs the presence of PFAS in the product in a manner that preempts state authority;”
Packages exempt except when the package is the product of the manufacturer
“A package, as defined in Title 32, section 1732, subsection 4, for a product, except when the package is the product of the manufacturer.”
Official text, current to 9 Oct 2026. Maine Legislature's own statute page; the date is when it was read (no version date is printed in it).
- It contains intentionally added PFAS
Takes effect 1 Jan 2032
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2032
Residual ban on home products not already banned under sub-5 A and B-1. Prohibition extends to products without intentionally added PFAS that are sold in a fluorinated container or a container that otherwise contains intentionally added PFAS. No unavoidable-use determinations appear in the law text.
“effective January 1, 2032, a person may not sell, offer for sale or distribute for sale in this State any product that contains intentionally added PFAS that is not already prohibited”
- BanPFAS as defined in Maine (US state)
Banned
Exemptions (5)
Currently unavoidable use determined by rule: exempt for five years from rule effective date or prohibition, whichever is longer
“If the department determines by rule that the use of PFAS in a product or product category is a currently unavoidable use:”
§1614 sub-5 F · fetched 2026-10-08Maine Legislature: 38 M.R.S. 1614(opens in a new tab) Products sold in used condition exempt
“Any such products sold, offered for sale or distributed for sale in used condition;”
§1614 sub-5 D(1) · fetched 2026-10-08Maine Legislature: 38 M.R.S. 1614(opens in a new tab) Retailers exempt unless notified that the sale of the product is prohibited
“The prohibitions in this subsection do not apply to a retailer in the State unless the retailer sells, offers for sale or distributes for sale a product containing intentionally added PFAS in the State for which the retailer has received a notification pursuant to subsection 8, paragraph B that the sale of the product is prohibited.”
38 MRSA 1614 sub-5 G · fetched 2026-10-08Maine Legislature: 38 M.R.S. 1614(opens in a new tab) Products for which federal law preempts state authority
“A product for which federal law governs the presence of PFAS in the product in a manner that preempts state authority;”
38 MRSA 1614 sub-4 A · fetched 2026-10-08Maine Legislature: 38 M.R.S. 1614(opens in a new tab) Packages exempt except when the package is the product of the manufacturer
“A package, as defined in Title 32, section 1732, subsection 4, for a product, except when the package is the product of the manufacturer.”
38 MRSA 1614 sub-4 B · fetched 2026-10-08Maine Legislature: 38 M.R.S. 1614(opens in a new tab) Official text, current to 9 Oct 2026. Maine Legislature's own statute page; the date is when it was read (no version date is printed in it).
- Applies when
- It contains intentionally added PFAS
- Effective
Takes effect 1 Jan 2032
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2032
Residual ban on home products not already banned under sub-5 A and B-1. Prohibition extends to products without intentionally added PFAS that are sold in a fluorinated container or a container that otherwise contains intentionally added PFAS. No unavoidable-use determinations appear in the law text.
- Source
“effective January 1, 2032, a person may not sell, offer for sale or distribute for sale in this State any product that contains intentionally added PFAS that is not already prohibited”
38 MRSA 1614 sub-5 para D (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-08Maine Legislature: 38 M.R.S. 1614(opens in a new tab)
Categories
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The product categories with the most rules here, sub-categories included.
Sources
Sources
Where the rules come from, and when we last checked each source.
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 11, 2-316 (exclusion or modification of warranties; (5) consumer goods)(opens in a new tab)Maine Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 32, chapter 26-A, 1731 to 1740 (toxics in packaging)(opens in a new tab)Maine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 38, 1609 (restrictions on sale and distribution of brominated flame retardants)(opens in a new tab)Maine Legislature (Office of the Revisor of Statutes) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Maine 38 MRSA 1614 (PFAS in consumer products)(opens in a new tab)Maine Legislature · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 2 versions kept
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 38, 1617 (Battery stewardship program)(opens in a new tab)Maine Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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- Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 chapter 16-D (toxic chemicals in children's products, sections 1691-1699-B)(opens in a new tab)Maine Legislature (Revisor of Statutes) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 38, section 2146, Stewardship program for packaging (packaging extended producer responsibility)(opens in a new tab)Maine Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 38, 2166 (Rechargeable consumer products)(opens in a new tab)Maine Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Maine DEP Chapter 90 (as amended, filing 2025-191, effective 2025-10-07), PFAS in products(opens in a new tab)Maine Department of Environmental Protection · Regulation (Word)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 2 versions kept
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