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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 goodsAll sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20253 areas read · 1 not read yet
Sources read
  • Amara's Law PFAS in products (116.943)
  • PFAS in food packaging (325F.075)
  • MPCA PFAS reporting rule (ch. 7026)
Not read yet
  • currently unavoidable use determinations (event-triggered)
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · 2 not read yet
Sources read
  • Amara's Law PFAS in cosmetics
Not read yet
  • other Minnesota cosmetics law
  • e.g. formaldehyde and mercury in cosmetics for children (HF 2025)
Packaged food and beveragesMain sources

Minnesota (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.

Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sources

Minnesota (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.

Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sources

Minnesota (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.

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Minnesota ban on products containing pentaBDE or octaBDE (Minn. Stat. 325E.386)Minn. Stat. 325E.3861 ruleIn force from: 1 Jan 2008Industries: Home and kitchen, Electronics, Batteries, Cosmetics, Food
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Conformity

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)

Exemptions (2)

Medical devices.

“(6) medical devices; or”
Minn. Stat. 325E.386 subd. 2(6) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.386(opens in a new tab)

Sale or distribution of any used product.

“(4) the sale or distribution by a business, charity, public entity, or private party of any used product containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers;”
Minn. Stat. 325E.386 subd. 2(4) · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.386(opens in a new tab)

Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes page, 2025 Minnesota Statutes edition.

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).

“Except as provided in subdivision 2, beginning January 1, 2008, a person may not manufacture, process, or distribute in commerce a product or flame-retardant part of a product containing more than one-tenth of one percent of pentabromodiphenyl ether or octabromodiphenyl ether by mass.”
Minn. Stat. 325E.386 subd. 1 · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.386(opens in a new tab)
  • Conformity

    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)

    Exemptions (2)

    Medical devices.

    “(6) medical devices; or”
    Minn. Stat. 325E.386 subd. 2(6) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.386(opens in a new tab)

    Sale or distribution of any used product.

    “(4) the sale or distribution by a business, charity, public entity, or private party of any used product containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers;”
    Minn. Stat. 325E.386 subd. 2(4) · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.386(opens in a new tab)

    Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes page, 2025 Minnesota Statutes edition.

    Applies when

    Every product in the category

    Effective

    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).

    Source
    “Except as provided in subdivision 2, beginning January 1, 2008, a person may not manufacture, process, or distribute in commerce a product or flame-retardant part of a product containing more than one-tenth of one percent of pentabromodiphenyl ether or octabromodiphenyl ether by mass.”
    Minn. Stat. 325E.386 subd. 1 · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.386(opens in a new tab)

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