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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
- Amara's Law PFAS in products (116.943)
- PFAS in food packaging (325F.075)
- MPCA PFAS reporting rule (ch. 7026)
- currently unavoidable use determinations (event-triggered)
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · 2 not read yet
- Amara's Law PFAS in cosmetics
- 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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The manufacturer of a product powered by rechargeable batteries pays for and runs (alone or through a representative organization) a program to collect and properly manage its waste rechargeable batteries and products in Minnesota, and reports in odd-numbered years
Must meet the conditions of Collection and management: a manufacturer of rechargeable batteries or products powered by rechargeable batteries is responsible for the costs of collecting and managing its waste rechargeable batteries and waste products (subd. 3), must implement permanent collection programs, alone or through a representative organization (subd. 5(a)), and reports estimated sales and collection amounts every odd-numbered year (subd. 5(b))
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes pages, 2025 Minnesota Statutes edition.
- Contains a battery
- It is powered by a rechargeable battery (a sealed nickel-cadmium, sealed lead acid or any other rechargeable battery, 115A.9157 subd. 1), and you are its manufacturer
Depends on: contains battery
In force since 20 Sep 1995
Applies to products sold on or after 20 Sep 1995
Stated: permanent programs “By September 20, 1995” (subd. 5(a)).
“A manufacturer of rechargeable batteries or products powered by rechargeable batteries is responsible for the costs of collecting and managing its waste rechargeable batteries and waste products to ensure that the batteries are not part of the solid waste stream.”
A product powered by rechargeable batteries is sold in Minnesota only if its manufacturer participates in the 115A.9157 collection programs; a person importing it for resale may buy it only from such a manufacturer
Must meet the conditions of Program participation: a manufacturer of products powered by rechargeable batteries that does not participate in the programs required by 115A.9157 may not sell, distribute, or offer them for sale in Minnesota after January 1, 1992; a person who first purchases them for importation into Minnesota for resale may not buy them from a manufacturer that does not participate (subd. 5)
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes pages, 2025 Minnesota Statutes edition.
- Contains a battery
- It is powered by a rechargeable battery (a sealed nickel-cadmium, sealed lead acid or any other rechargeable battery, 115A.9157 subd. 1), and you are its manufacturer or first buy it for import into Minnesota for resale
Depends on: contains battery
In force since 2 Jan 1992
Applies to products sold on or after 2 Jan 1992
Stated: “after January 1, 1992” (subd. 5).
“A manufacturer of rechargeable batteries or products powered by rechargeable batteries that does not participate in the pilot projects and programs required in section 115A.9157 may not sell, distribute, or offer for sale in this state rechargeable batteries or products powered by rechargeable batteries after January 1, 1992.”
A rechargeable consumer product's battery can be easily removed by the consumer (or sits in a separate, easily removed pack), and the product and battery are labeled that the battery must be recycled or disposed of properly, with the electrode type
Must meet the conditions of Rechargeable consumer products: a manufacturer may not sell, distribute, or offer for sale in Minnesota a product that contains a rechargeable battery and is primarily for personal, family, or household use unless the battery can be easily removed by the consumer (or is in a separate, easily removed battery pack), and the product and battery are both labeled, clearly visible, that the battery must be recycled or disposed of properly, with the electrode type identifiable (subd. 3(a), (b)); the Pollution Control Agency commissioner may exempt a product on a manufacturer's application (subd. 3(c)). 42 U.S.C. 14322 bars non-identical removability or labeling rules only for a rechargeable battery or a rechargeable consumer product, which federal law defines as one with a cadmium or lead (regulated) battery; whether it reaches a lithium-ion product's label was not checked.
Exemptions (1)
The Pollution Control Agency commissioner may exempt a product on a manufacturer's application (redesign not feasible, a danger to health and safety, or an electrode type posing no unreasonable hazard).
“(c) On application by a manufacturer, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may exempt a rechargeable consumer product from the requirements of paragraph (a) if:”
The start date is not stated in the text (date unknown).
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes pages, 2025 Minnesota Statutes edition.
- Contains a battery
- It is powered by a rechargeable battery (a sealed nickel-cadmium, sealed lead acid or any other rechargeable battery, 115A.9157 subd. 1), and you are its manufacturer (325E.125 subd. 3(a) binds the manufacturer that sells, distributes or offers it in Minnesota)
Depends on: contains battery
In force, start date unknown
Subd. 3 states no start date; it was enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 409, s. 2 (section history). Date shown is a proxy.
“(a) A manufacturer may not sell, distribute, or offer for sale in this state a rechargeable consumer product unless:”
A retailer selling products powered by rechargeable batteries posts the statutory 4 x 6 inch notice that rechargeable batteries and products must not go in the garbage
Disclosure to consumer
Retail notice: a person who sells rechargeable batteries or products powered by rechargeable batteries governed by 115A.9157 at retail must post, clearly visible to consumers making purchasing decisions, a notice at least four by six inches with the text set out in subd. 4(b); not required for home solicitation sales or catalogue sales (subd. 4(c))
The start date is not stated in the text (date unknown).
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes pages, 2025 Minnesota Statutes edition.
- Contains a battery
- It is powered by a rechargeable battery (a sealed nickel-cadmium, sealed lead acid or any other rechargeable battery, 115A.9157 subd. 1), and you sell it at retail in Minnesota (not by home solicitation or catalogue, subd. 4(c))
Depends on: contains battery
In force, start date unknown
Subd. 4 states no start date (section history: Laws 1990, ch. 409; 1991, ch. 257). Date shown is a proxy.
“(a) A person who sells rechargeable batteries or products powered by rechargeable batteries governed by section 115A.9157 at retail shall post the notice in paragraph (b) in a manner clearly visible to a consumer making purchasing decisions.”
- Conformity
The manufacturer of a product powered by rechargeable batteries pays for and runs (alone or through a representative organization) a program to collect and properly manage its waste rechargeable batteries and products in Minnesota, and reports in odd-numbered years
Must meet the conditions of Collection and management: a manufacturer of rechargeable batteries or products powered by rechargeable batteries is responsible for the costs of collecting and managing its waste rechargeable batteries and waste products (subd. 3), must implement permanent collection programs, alone or through a representative organization (subd. 5(a)), and reports estimated sales and collection amounts every odd-numbered year (subd. 5(b))
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes pages, 2025 Minnesota Statutes edition.
- Applies when
- Contains a battery
- It is powered by a rechargeable battery (a sealed nickel-cadmium, sealed lead acid or any other rechargeable battery, 115A.9157 subd. 1), and you are its manufacturer
Depends on: contains battery
- Effective
In force since 20 Sep 1995
Applies to products sold on or after 20 Sep 1995
Stated: permanent programs “By September 20, 1995” (subd. 5(a)).
- Source
“A manufacturer of rechargeable batteries or products powered by rechargeable batteries is responsible for the costs of collecting and managing its waste rechargeable batteries and waste products to ensure that the batteries are not part of the solid waste stream.”
Minn. Stat. 115A.9157 subd. 3 · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 115A.9157 subd. 3, 5(opens in a new tab)
- Conformity
A product powered by rechargeable batteries is sold in Minnesota only if its manufacturer participates in the 115A.9157 collection programs; a person importing it for resale may buy it only from such a manufacturer
Must meet the conditions of Program participation: a manufacturer of products powered by rechargeable batteries that does not participate in the programs required by 115A.9157 may not sell, distribute, or offer them for sale in Minnesota after January 1, 1992; a person who first purchases them for importation into Minnesota for resale may not buy them from a manufacturer that does not participate (subd. 5)
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes pages, 2025 Minnesota Statutes edition.
- Applies when
- Contains a battery
- It is powered by a rechargeable battery (a sealed nickel-cadmium, sealed lead acid or any other rechargeable battery, 115A.9157 subd. 1), and you are its manufacturer or first buy it for import into Minnesota for resale
Depends on: contains battery
- Effective
In force since 2 Jan 1992
Applies to products sold on or after 2 Jan 1992
Stated: “after January 1, 1992” (subd. 5).
- Source
“A manufacturer of rechargeable batteries or products powered by rechargeable batteries that does not participate in the pilot projects and programs required in section 115A.9157 may not sell, distribute, or offer for sale in this state rechargeable batteries or products powered by rechargeable batteries after January 1, 1992.”
Minn. Stat. 325E.125 subd. 5 · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.125 subd. 5(opens in a new tab)
- Conformity
A rechargeable consumer product's battery can be easily removed by the consumer (or sits in a separate, easily removed pack), and the product and battery are labeled that the battery must be recycled or disposed of properly, with the electrode type
Must meet the conditions of Rechargeable consumer products: a manufacturer may not sell, distribute, or offer for sale in Minnesota a product that contains a rechargeable battery and is primarily for personal, family, or household use unless the battery can be easily removed by the consumer (or is in a separate, easily removed battery pack), and the product and battery are both labeled, clearly visible, that the battery must be recycled or disposed of properly, with the electrode type identifiable (subd. 3(a), (b)); the Pollution Control Agency commissioner may exempt a product on a manufacturer's application (subd. 3(c)). 42 U.S.C. 14322 bars non-identical removability or labeling rules only for a rechargeable battery or a rechargeable consumer product, which federal law defines as one with a cadmium or lead (regulated) battery; whether it reaches a lithium-ion product's label was not checked.
Exemptions (1)
The Pollution Control Agency commissioner may exempt a product on a manufacturer's application (redesign not feasible, a danger to health and safety, or an electrode type posing no unreasonable hazard).
“(c) On application by a manufacturer, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may exempt a rechargeable consumer product from the requirements of paragraph (a) if:”
Minn. Stat. 325E.125 subd. 3(c) · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.125 subd. 3(opens in a new tab) The start date is not stated in the text (date unknown).
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes pages, 2025 Minnesota Statutes edition.
- Applies when
- Contains a battery
- It is powered by a rechargeable battery (a sealed nickel-cadmium, sealed lead acid or any other rechargeable battery, 115A.9157 subd. 1), and you are its manufacturer (325E.125 subd. 3(a) binds the manufacturer that sells, distributes or offers it in Minnesota)
Depends on: contains battery
- Effective
In force, start date unknown
Subd. 3 states no start date; it was enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 409, s. 2 (section history). Date shown is a proxy.
- Source
“(a) A manufacturer may not sell, distribute, or offer for sale in this state a rechargeable consumer product unless:”
Minn. Stat. 325E.125 subd. 3(a) · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.125 subd. 3(opens in a new tab)
- Disclosure
A retailer selling products powered by rechargeable batteries posts the statutory 4 x 6 inch notice that rechargeable batteries and products must not go in the garbage
Disclosure to consumer
Retail notice: a person who sells rechargeable batteries or products powered by rechargeable batteries governed by 115A.9157 at retail must post, clearly visible to consumers making purchasing decisions, a notice at least four by six inches with the text set out in subd. 4(b); not required for home solicitation sales or catalogue sales (subd. 4(c))
The start date is not stated in the text (date unknown).
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes pages, 2025 Minnesota Statutes edition.
- Applies when
- Contains a battery
- It is powered by a rechargeable battery (a sealed nickel-cadmium, sealed lead acid or any other rechargeable battery, 115A.9157 subd. 1), and you sell it at retail in Minnesota (not by home solicitation or catalogue, subd. 4(c))
Depends on: contains battery
- Effective
In force, start date unknown
Subd. 4 states no start date (section history: Laws 1990, ch. 409; 1991, ch. 257). Date shown is a proxy.
- Source
“(a) A person who sells rechargeable batteries or products powered by rechargeable batteries governed by section 115A.9157 at retail shall post the notice in paragraph (b) in a manner clearly visible to a consumer making purchasing decisions.”
Minn. Stat. 325E.125 subd. 4(a) · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.125 subd. 4(opens in a new tab)
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- Minnesota Statutes 116.943 (Amara's Law: PFAS in products, cookware ban, MPCA reporting)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 2 versions kept
- Minnesota Statutes 325F.075 (PFAS in food packaging)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Minnesota Laws 2021, 1st Special Session, chapter 6 (session law; art. 2 sec. 105 enacts 325F.075)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: staticLast checked: Checked
- Minnesota Rules ch. 7026, PFAS in products: reporting and fees (adopted 2025-12-08)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; Revisor of Statutes · Regulation (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 4 versions kept
- MPCA PFAS in products reporting (PRISM)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Pollution Control Agency · Register (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Not checked yet
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- Minnesota Statutes 115A.1441 and 115A.1448 (Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act: definitions, producer responsibilities)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Minnesota Statutes 115A.9157 (rechargeable batteries and products) and 325E.125 (general and special purpose battery requirements)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Minnesota Statutes 115A.965 (prohibitions on selected toxics in packaging)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Minnesota Statutes 325E.386 (products containing certain polybrominated diphenyl ethers banned; exemptions)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Minnesota Statutes 325E.3892 (lead and cadmium in consumer products; prohibition), with 645.02 (effective date of laws)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Minnesota Statutes 325E.41 (deceptive trade practices; environmental marketing claims)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Minnesota Statutes 325E.72 (Digital Fair Repair Act)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Minnesota Statutes 325G.17 to 325G.20 (consumer sale warranties: definitions, implied warranties, express warranties, remedies)(opens in a new tab)Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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