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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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A covered product (including pots and pans; cups, bowls and other food containers; cosmetics and personal care products) contains no more than 90 ppm lead and 75 ppm cadmium by total weight
Must meet the conditions of Lead and cadmium: a person must not import, manufacture, sell, hold for sale, or distribute or offer for use in Minnesota any covered product containing lead at more than 0.009 percent (90 ppm) or cadmium at more than 0.0075 percent (75 ppm) by total weight (subd. 2(a)); covered products include pots and pans, cups, bowls and other food containers, and cosmetics and personal care products (subd. 1(b))
Exemptions (2)
Covered products whose regulation is preempted by federal law.
“(1) covered products containing lead or cadmium, or both, when regulation is preempted by federal law;”
Pots and pans made of cast iron or steel with cadmium only in a vitreous enamel that does not touch food (lead limit still applies).
“(ii) has cadmium contained only in a vitreous enamel that does not come into contact with food; and”
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes pages, 2025 Minnesota Statutes edition (325E.3892 as amended by Laws 2025, 1st Spec. Sess. ch. 4).
Every product in the category
In force since 1 Jul 2023
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jul 2023
Added by Laws 2023, ch. 60, art. 3, s. 24, which states no effective date; ch. 60 has appropriation items and was signed May 24, 2023, so Minn. Stat. 645.02 makes it effective July 1, 2023. Lead-only-in-internal-solder products may be sold until July 1, 2028 if the manufacturer reports biennially (subd. 2(b)(2)).
“(a) A person must not import, manufacture, sell, hold for sale, or distribute or offer for use in this state any covered product containing:”
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A covered product (including pots and pans; cups, bowls and other food containers; cosmetics and personal care products) contains no more than 90 ppm lead and 75 ppm cadmium by total weight
Must meet the conditions of Lead and cadmium: a person must not import, manufacture, sell, hold for sale, or distribute or offer for use in Minnesota any covered product containing lead at more than 0.009 percent (90 ppm) or cadmium at more than 0.0075 percent (75 ppm) by total weight (subd. 2(a)); covered products include pots and pans, cups, bowls and other food containers, and cosmetics and personal care products (subd. 1(b))
Exemptions (2)
Covered products whose regulation is preempted by federal law.
“(1) covered products containing lead or cadmium, or both, when regulation is preempted by federal law;”
Minn. Stat. 325E.3892 subd. 2(b)(1) · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.3892(opens in a new tab) Pots and pans made of cast iron or steel with cadmium only in a vitreous enamel that does not touch food (lead limit still applies).
“(ii) has cadmium contained only in a vitreous enamel that does not come into contact with food; and”
Minn. Stat. 325E.3892 subd. 2(b)(5) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.3892(opens in a new tab) Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes pages, 2025 Minnesota Statutes edition (325E.3892 as amended by Laws 2025, 1st Spec. Sess. ch. 4).
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In force since 1 Jul 2023
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jul 2023
Added by Laws 2023, ch. 60, art. 3, s. 24, which states no effective date; ch. 60 has appropriation items and was signed May 24, 2023, so Minn. Stat. 645.02 makes it effective July 1, 2023. Lead-only-in-internal-solder products may be sold until July 1, 2028 if the manufacturer reports biennially (subd. 2(b)(2)).
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“(a) A person must not import, manufacture, sell, hold for sale, or distribute or offer for use in this state any covered product containing:”
Minn. Stat. 325E.3892 subd. 2(a) · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325E.3892(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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