FDA Announcements on PFAS and Other U.S. Government Information

<< Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

FDA Announcements

2023

• CFSAN Constituent: FDA Update on PFAS Activities (May 31, 2023)

2022

• Constituent Update: FDA Issues RFI on Fluorinated Polyethylene Food Contact Containers (July 19, 2022)
• Constituent Update: FDA Shares Results on PFAS Testing in Seafood (July 6, 2022)
• Constituent Update: Update on FDA’s Continuing Efforts to Understand and Reduce Exposure to PFAS from Foods (February 24, 2022)

2021

• Constituent Update: FDA Makes Available PFAS Testing Results from First Survey of Processed Foods (August 26, 2021)
• FDA Press Release: FDA Releases PFAS Testing Results from First Survey of Nationally Distributed Processed Foods (August 26, 2021)
• Constituent Update: FDA Issues Letter to Industry on Fluorinated Polyethylene Food Contact Containers (August 5, 2021)
• FDA Press Release: FDA Provides Update on Ongoing Efforts to Better Understand the Occurrence of PFAS in the Food Supply (June 30, 2021)
• Constituent Update: FDA Issues Update on Recent Activities Pertaining to PFAS in Food (June 30, 2021)

2020

• FDA Statement: Statement from FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., and Susan Mayne, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: FDA Announces Voluntary Agreement with Manufacturers to Phase Out Certain Short-Chain PFAS Used in Food Packaging (July 31, 2020)
• Constituent Update: FDA Announces the Voluntary Phase-Out by Industry of Certain PFAS Used in Food Packaging (July 31, 2020)

2019

• Constituent Update: FDA Makes Available Results from Second Round of Testing for PFAS in Foods from the General Food Supply (December 20, 2019)
• Constituent Update: FDA Makes Available Testing Method for PFAS in Foods and Final Results from Recent Surveys (October 31, 2019)
• FDA Statement: Statement on FDA’s scientific work to measure certain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food, and findings from recent FDA surveys. (June 11, 2019)

Other U.S. Government Information on PFAS 

• The White House: Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Launches Plan to Combat PFAS Pollution
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Your Health
• The United States Environmental Protection Agency: Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)