The state-by-state food law landscape, read from the source.

AK

Additives & formulation Final Bill

AK SB 187 Synthetic Food Dyes in Public School Meals

Alaska SB 187 (Chapter 17 SLA 26) prohibits seven synthetic food dyes in Alaska public school meals: Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, and Green 3. The…

Effective 01/01/2028 Primary source

AL

Additives & formulation Final Bill

AL SB 23 Cultivated Food Product Ban

Alabama SB 23 (Act 24-252) prohibits the manufacture, sale, holding, offer for sale, or distribution of cultivated food products in Alabama. "Cultivated food product" means food…

Effective 10/01/24 Primary source

AL

Additives & formulation Final Bill

AL HB 139 Corn Masa Folic Acid Enrichment

Alabama mandates folic-acid enrichment of corn masa. The original law (HB 384, Act 2025-387; effective June 1, 2026) required folic acid in corn masa and corn masa products. HB…

Effective 06/01/26 (Act 2025-387, products) / 10/01/27 (Act 2026-492, flour) Primary source

AZ

Additives & formulation Final Bill

AZ HB 2164 Healthy Schools Act: School Ultra-Processed Food Ban

Arizona HB 2164 (the "Arizona Healthy Schools Act," Chapter 52, Laws 2025; approved April 14, 2025) prohibits any school participating in a federally funded or assisted meal…

Effective 2026-2027 school year Primary source

CA

Claims Passed One Chamber

CA AB 2253 Recycled-Content Claim Substantiation (Mass-Balance Ban)

California AB 2253 amends Public Resources Code Section 42357.6 to tighten how recycled-content claims are substantiated, extending the duty from plastic food container products…

Effective TBD (no operative date in current bill text; contingent on passage) Primary source

CA

Packaging Passed One Chamber

CA AB 1148 Safer Food Packaging Act (Bisphenols & Phthalates)

California AB 1148, the Safer Food Packaging Act of 2025, would prohibit intentionally added bisphenols (except tetramethyl bisphenol F) and ortho-phthalates in covered food…

Effective 01/01/2028 (proposed; if enacted) Primary source

CA

Packaging Final Bill

CA SB343 "Truth in Labeling"

California SB 343 ("Truth in Labeling") strictly regulates environmental marketing claims, specifically targeting misuse of the "chasing arrows" recycling symbol. The law…

Effective 10/04/26 Primary source

CA

Labeling Final Bill

CA AB 660 Food Date Labeling (Quality, Safety, Sell-By Dates)

California AB 660 (Chapter 911, Statutes of 2024) standardizes consumer-facing food date labels for food manufactured on or after July 1, 2026. Quality dates use defined "BEST if…

Effective 07/01/26 (for food manufactured on or after this date) Primary source

CA

Testing Passed One Chamber

CA AB 2302 Infant Formula Heavy-Metals Testing & Disclosure

California AB 2302 (2025-2026 session; Asm. Celeste Rodriguez) would extend the state's baby-food heavy-metals regime to infant formula, which AB 899 explicitly excluded. As…

Effective 01/01/28 (consumer disclosure, if enacted) Primary source

CA

Claims Proposed Bill

CA AB 2244 Non-Ultraprocessed Certified Food Standard

Establishes a voluntary California "Non-Ultraprocessed Certified" food standard, creating criteria and use conditions for a new on-pack claim.

Effective 06/01/28 (CDPH accreditation) Primary source

CA

Labeling Passed One Chamber

CA SB 1031 Compostable Product Labeling

California SB 1031 (Blakespear), 'Solid waste: compostable products,' would set labeling rules so compostable products are distinguishable from non-compostable ones by both…

Effective TBD (Proposed) Primary source

CA

Testing Proposed Bill

CA State: Bill AB 2706 Acidified Foods and Low-Acid Foods (State Cannery License Repeal)

California AB 2706 (2025-2026 session) would repeal the existing California Department of Public Health (CDPH) cannery-license requirement for commercial canning of acidified…

Effective Repeal effective per enacting clause if passed; current CDPH Cannery License requirement remains in force until then Primary source

CA

Additives & formulation Final Bill

CA AB1264 Real Food, Healthy Kids Act

California AB 1264 (Real Food, Healthy Kids Act) is a multi-phase school-food law: the first phase (effective 12/31/27) restricts specified synthetic food dyes in many California…

Effective 12/31/27 (Specified dyes in school foods) Primary source

CA

Additives & formulation Final Bill

CA AB 418: California Food Safety Act (Four-Additive Ban)

California's AB 418 (California Food Safety Act) prohibits the manufacture, sale, delivery, distribution, holding, or offer for sale of any food for human consumption that…

Effective 01/01/27 Primary source

CA

Packaging Final Bill

CA AB 793 PCR Beverage Bottle Requirements

California AB 793 requires plastic beverage containers covered by the California Redemption Value (CRV) program to contain minimum postconsumer recycled (PCR) plastic content: 15%…

Effective 01/01/25 (25% PCR) Primary source

CA

Testing Final Bill

CA AB899 Baby Food Heavy Metals

California's Baby Food Safety Act (AB 899) requires manufacturers to test foods marketed for infants and children under age 2 monthly for the four 'toxic elements' (arsenic,…

Effective 01/01/24 (Testing) Primary source

CA

Packaging Final Bill

CA Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Ware Ban

California prohibits the sale and distribution of expanded polystyrene (EPS / Styrofoam-style) foodservice ware (cups, bowls, plates, trays, clamshells, and similar single-use…

Effective 01/01/25 Primary source

CA

Packaging Final Bill

CA AB 1200 PFAS in Plant-Fiber Food Packaging

California AB 1200 bans plant-fiber food packaging (paper, paperboard, molded fiber, sugarcane bagasse, wheat straw) containing intentionally added PFAS OR total organic fluorine…

Effective 01/01/23 Primary source

CA

Additives & formulation Final Bill

CA AB 1830 Corn Masa Folic Acid

California AB 1830 ("Corn masa flour and wet corn masa products: folic acid"; Chapter 912, Statutes of 2024) requires corn masa flour sold in California to contain folic acid at…

Effective 01/01/25 (statute) / 01/01/26 (fortification compliance) Primary source

CA

Packaging Final Rule

CA SB 54 Packaging Producer Responsibility Program

California SB 54 (Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act) creates the most far-reaching packaging EPR program in the US, covering single-use…

Effective 06/30/22 (Law enacted); 05/01/26 (Permanent regs in effect) Primary source

CA

Additives & formulation Proposed Bill

CA AB 2034 Unsafe Additives & Ingredient Disclosures

Addresses unsafe food additives and requires additional on-package ingredient disclosures in California.

Effective 07/01/27 (ingredient disclosures + notice/licensing system); 07/01/30 (systematic reassessment) Primary source

CA

Additives & formulation Proposed Bill

CA State: Bill AB 2171 CalFresh/SNAP Eligibility for Sweetened Drinks and Candy

California AB 2171 (2025-2026 session) would require the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to prohibit CalFresh (SNAP) recipients from using benefits to purchase…

Effective Implementation conditional on USDA waiver/authorization; CDSS may delay until granted Primary source

CA

Packaging Final Bill

CA State: Beverage Container Recycling (CRV) Large Juice Expansion

California's Beverage Container Recycling Program (CRV) was expanded to cover large fruit juice containers (>46 fl oz) and large vegetable juice containers (>16 fl oz) effective…

Effective 01/01/24 Primary source

CO

Labeling Final Bill

CO HB25-1203 Cultivated-Meat Misbranding

Colorado HB25-1203 (Ch. 83, Laws 2025; codified at C.R.S. 25-5-428) bars food processing plants from selling or offering cell-cultivated meat that is "misbranded as a meat…

Effective 08/06/25 Primary source

CO

Packaging Final Bill

CO Producer Responsibility Program for Statewide Recycling

Colorado's HB 22-1355 requires producers of packaging, paper products, and foodservice ware to fund and participate in a statewide extended producer responsibility (EPR) recycling…

Effective 07/01/25 Primary source

CO

Packaging Final Bill

CO PFAS Consumer Protection Act (Food Packaging)

Colorado PFAS Consumer Protection Act phases in product-category bans on intentionally added PFAS, with food packaging among the categories prohibited starting 01/01/24. Food…

Effective 01/01/24 Primary source

CT

Packaging Final Bill

CT PFAS in Food Packaging

Connecticut Public Act 21-191 amended the state's toxics-in-packaging law to prohibit intentionally added PFAS in food packaging. The prohibition covers direct-food-contact…

Effective 01/01/24 Primary source

CT

Packaging Final Bill

CT State: Bottle Bill Redemption

Connecticut's updated bottle-bill law (Public Act 21-58 and amendments) increased deposit values over time, from the prior $0.05 to $0.10 for most covered containers, and revised…

Effective 01/01/24 Primary source

DC

Packaging Proposed Bill

DC Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Amendment Act

Washington, DC, is considering a beverage-container deposit-and-return framework: the Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Amendment Act (Bill 26-58). The bill would establish a…

Effective TBD Primary source

DE

Additives & formulation Final Bill

DE SB 69 School Red Dye 40 Ban

Delaware SB 69 (153rd General Assembly; enacted May 22, 2025; updates and replaces the earlier SB 41) prohibits selling or serving breakfast, lunch, or competitive food containing…

Effective 05/22/25 (enacted) / implementation begins 07/01/26 Primary source

DE

Additives & formulation Passed Both Chambers

DE HB 337 Corn Masa Folic Acid Fortification

Delaware HB 337 would require folic acid fortification of corn masa flour and corn masa sold or used in Delaware. Corn masa flour must contain 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per…

Effective Not specified (awaiting Governor) Primary source

FL

Labeling Final Bill

FL Plant-Based Labeling (§500.93, DORMANT)

Florida's plant-based labeling restriction (SB 700 / Ch. 2025-22; codified at Fla. Stat. §500.93) is enacted but DORMANT: its core prohibitions switch on only when 11 of 14 listed…

Effective Contingent (trigger not met) Primary source

FL

Additives & formulation Final Bill

FL Cultivated-Meat Ban (Fla. Stat. §500.452)

Florida's cultivated-meat ban (SB 1084, Ch. 2024-137; codified at Fla. Stat. §500.452) makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, hold or offer for sale, or distribute cultivated…

Effective 07/01/24 Primary source

HI

Packaging Final Bill

HI PFAS in Paper Food Packaging

Hawaii Act 152 prohibits paper food packaging with intentionally added PFAS, specifically covering paper and plant-fiber food-contact items used for preparation, serving, or…

Effective 12/31/24 Primary source

HI

Packaging Final Bill

HI State: Deposit Beverage Container Program (HI 5)

Hawaii deposit-return program (HRS Ch. 342G Part VIII); 5¢ deposit + 1¢ container fee; one of the broadest US scopes (covers all non-alcoholic beverages including…

Effective 2002 (enacted); 2005 (deposit redemption operative) Primary source

IA

Packaging Proposed Bill

IA HF 588 PFAS in Food Packaging

Iowa HF 588 would prohibit the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, distribution for sale, or distribution for use in Iowa of food packaging with intentionally added PFAS. The bill…

Effective TBD (Proposed) Primary source

IA

Packaging Final Bill

IA State: Beverage Containers Control (SF 2378 modernization)

Iowa deposit-return program; 5¢ deposit unchanged since 1979; SF 2378 (signed June 2022, effective 01/01/2023) modernized program: UPC registration via GovConnectIowa, distributor…

Effective 1978 (enacted); 1979 (effective) Primary source

ID

Labeling Final Bill

ID SB 1270 Alternative-Animal-Protein Labeling

Idaho SB 1270 (2026 session; adds Chapter 16, Title 37, Idaho Code) requires any "alternative animal protein" (including cultivated/cell-cultured/lab-grown) sold in Idaho to bear…

Effective 07/01/26 Primary source

IL

Additives & formulation Paused (Session Sine Die)

IL SB 2637 Food Additive Ban

Illinois SB 2637 proposed a state-level food additive ban modeled on California AB 418, targeting additives like potassium bromate, propylparaben, BVO, and Red No. 3. The 103rd…

Effective Not Enacted Primary source

IL

Additives & formulation Proposed Bill

IL SB 93 Prohibited Food Additives

Illinois SB 93 would prohibit the manufacture of food for human consumption containing four additives: brominated vegetable oil (BVO), potassium bromate, propylparaben, and FD&C…

Effective TBD (Proposed) Primary source

IL

Testing Final Bill

IL SB73 Baby Food Testing

Illinois SB 73 phases in baby-food heavy-metal controls similar to California AB 899: monthly testing beginning 01/01/26 for the four "toxic elements" (arsenic, cadmium, lead,…

Effective 01/01/26 (Testing) Primary source

IN

Additives & formulation Final Bill

IN HB 1425 Cultivated-Meat Moratorium

Indiana HEA 1425 (2025) imposes a cultivated-meat moratorium: IC 15-17-5-6.1 bans the sale, offer for sale, or manufacture of cultivated meat from 2025-07-01 through 2027-06-30; a…

Effective 07/01/25 Primary source

LA

Labeling Final Bill

LA HB 783 Non-Lactational Dairy Protein Labeling & Sale Limits

Louisiana HB 783 (2026 Regular Session, Rep. Coates) regulates "non-lactational dairy protein products," meaning dairy-identical proteins made by microbial fermentation or other…

Effective Upon enactment (if signed) Primary source

LA

Additives & formulation Final Bill

LA SB 152 Cell-Cultured Food Products Prohibition

Prohibits certain actions with respect to cell-cultured food products for human consumption; effective 08/01/26 if enacted.

Effective 08/01/26 Primary source

LA

Labeling Final Bill

LA SB14 Additive Disclosure

Louisiana SB 14 requires on-pack disclosure of certain targeted additives: covered food products must carry a QR code plus adjacent explanatory text telling consumers "extra…

Effective 01/01/28 Primary source

LA

Labeling Final Bill

LA HB 857 Commingled Seafood Country-of-Origin Labeling

Louisiana HB 857 (2026 Regular Session), signed 2026-05-22 as Act 323, amends La. R.S. 3:4749.2 to require commercial seafood processors and distributors to label imported and…

Effective In force 2026-08-01 Primary source

MA

Packaging Proposed Bill

MA S.1588 PFAS in Food Packaging

Massachusetts S.1588 would prohibit manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale, or distributing for use in Massachusetts food packaging with…

Effective TBD (Proposed) Primary source

MA

Packaging Final Bill

MA State: Bottle Bill (Returnable Container Deposit Law)

Massachusetts deposit-return program for beverage containers; 5¢ deposit; carbonated-only scope; H.3464 (5¢→10¢, scope expansion to water/sports/juice) pending in committee.

Effective 1981 (enacted); 1983 (effective) Primary source

MD

Testing Final Bill

MD SB723 (Rudy's Law) Baby Food

Maryland SB 723 ("Rudy's Law") phases in baby-food heavy-metal controls: law effective 10/01/24, monthly testing of foods for infants and children under age 2 beginning 01/01/25…

Effective 10/01/24 Primary source

MD

Packaging Final Bill

MD Packaging and Paper Products Producer Responsibility Plans

Maryland enacted packaging and paper producer responsibility (EPR) legislation (SB 901, signed 05/13/25) establishing the framework for a statewide program requiring producers of…

Effective 05/13/25 (Law signed) Primary source

MD

Packaging Final Bill

MD PFAS in Food Packaging

Maryland HB 275 / SB 273 (enacted 2021) bars manufacturers and distributors from selling direct-food-contact food packages or packaging components with intentionally added PFAS.…

Effective 01/01/24 Primary source

ME

Waste Final Bill

ME LD 1065 Food Waste Reduction & Recycling Act

Maine LD 1065 ("An Act Regarding the Reduction and Recycling of Food Waste"; SP 438; became law without the Governor signature June 24, 2025 as Public Law Chapter 419; codified 38…

Effective 07/01/30 (2t/20mi tier); 07/01/32 (1t/25mi tier) Primary source

ME

Packaging Final Bill

ME Packaging Stewardship Program

Maine's LD 1541 (signed 07/13/21) established the FIRST US packaging EPR law, requiring producers of consumer packaging and paper to reimburse municipalities for recycling and…

Effective 07/13/21 (Law enacted) Primary source

ME

Packaging Final Rule

ME PFAS in Certain Food Packaging

Maine DEP Chapter 80 rule prohibits PFAS in certain direct-food-contact plant-fiber packaging intended for short-term storage or freshly prepared food, including bags, sleeves,…

Effective 05/25/26 Primary source

ME

Packaging Final Bill

ME State: Returnable Beverage Container Law (Broadest US Scope)

Maine deposit-return program covering ~93% of beverage sales (broadest US scope); 5¢ standard, 15¢ wine/spirits >50mL; LD 1909 commingling cooperative effective 07/15/2026; LD 846…

Effective 1976 (enacted); 1978 (effective) Primary source

MI

Additives & formulation Passed One Chamber

MI HB 5069 Food Additive and Color Prohibition

Michigan HB 5069 would amend the Michigan Food Law (2000 PA 92) to prohibit a person from selling or offering for sale any food containing seven substances: brominated vegetable…

Effective 01/01/2029 (if enacted; federal-ban preemption) Primary source

MI

Testing Proposed Bill

MI HB 4865 Baby Food Toxic Element Testing

Michigan HB 4865 would require monthly toxic-element testing of baby food for arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury, plus public website disclosure and on-pack QR-code labeling…

Effective TBD (Proposed) Primary source

MI

Packaging Final Bill

MI State: Beverage Container Deposit Law (Initiated Law 1 of 1976)

Michigan's Beverage Container Deposit Law (Initiated Law 1 of 1976; MCL 445.571-445.576) requires a 10¢ deposit on beverage containers, but ONLY for carbonated beverages,…

Effective 12/03/76 (enactment); pending: 2026 expansion ballot under discussion Primary source

MN

Packaging Final Bill

MN Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act

Minnesota's Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act (enacted 2024) establishes extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper sold into Minnesota, with phased…

Effective 2024 (Law enacted) Primary source

MN

Packaging Final Bill

MN PFAS in Food Packaging

Minnesota's food-packaging PFAS law uses one of the BROADEST definitions in any state, prohibiting intentionally added PFAS in food packages AND packaging components including…

Effective 01/01/24 Primary source

MS

Additives & formulation Final Bill

MS HB 1153 Cell-Cultured Dairy Ban

Mississippi HB 1153 expanded the state's meat and alternative-protein labeling law to explicitly prohibit the manufacture, sale, or offer for sale of cell-cultured dairy products…

Effective 07/01/26 Primary source

MT

Additives & formulation Final Bill

MT HB 401 Cell-Cultured Meat Ban

Montana HB 401 (Ch. 276, Laws 2025) prohibits the manufacture-for-sale, sale, or distribution of any "cell-cultured edible product" statewide (prohibited act at MCA 50-31-501;…

Effective 10/01/25 Primary source

NE

Additives & formulation Final Bill

NE LB 246 Cultivated-Protein Adulteration

Nebraska LB 246 (2025) amends the Pure Food Act (Neb. Rev. Stat. §81-2,282) to deem a "cultivated-protein food product" adulterated, making it unlawful to manufacture, import,…

Effective 09/02/25 Primary source

NJ

Additives & formulation Proposed Bill

NJ A5119 Fortifying Corn Masa Act

New Jersey's "Fortifying Corn Masa Act" (A5119, Asw. Yvonne Lopez; identical Senate companion S4193, Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz) would require corn masa flour sold in New Jersey to…

Effective TBD (one year after enactment) Primary source

NJ

Labeling Proposed Bill

NJ S 4499 Cell-Cultivated Food Labeling

New Jersey S 4499 would require that food containing an animal cell-cultivated product carry a label or other indication of that fact, supplementing Title 24 of the Revised…

Effective TBD (Proposed) Primary source

NJ

Packaging Final Bill

NJ Post Consumer Recycled Content Regulation

New Jersey S 2515 mandates escalating minimum post-consumer recycled (PCR) content percentages in rigid plastic containers (15-50% depending on category and year), glass…

Effective 01/18/24 Primary source

NJ

Additives & formulation Proposed Bill

NJ State: Bill S 4092 Commercial Food Substance Ban + School Food Dye Ban

New Jersey S 4092 (2026 session) is a bipartisan bill that would (1) immediately prohibit public schools from selling or serving food containing seven synthetic dyes (Red 3, Red…

Effective School dyes: immediate on enactment; commercial substances: 2 years after enactment Primary source

NM

Packaging Final Bill

NM HB 212 PFAS Protection Act (Food Packaging)

New Mexico HB 212 ("PFAS Protection Act"; signed April 8, 2025) prohibits the sale of products with intentionally added PFAS, including food packaging (alongside cookware, dental…

Effective 01/01/27 (food packaging) / phases 2028, 2032 Primary source

NY

Labeling Passed Both Chambers

NY S7618 Food Date Labeling and Consumer Protection Act

New York S 7618A would standardize consumer-facing food date labels in New York, narrowing the acceptable date phrases to specified quality-and-safety terminology (expected to…

Effective 180 days after enactment (awaiting Governor) Primary source

NY

Additives & formulation Passed Both Chambers

NY Food Additive Ban / Food Chemical Safety Act

New York S 1239 / Assembly companion A 1556 (the Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act, earlier framed as the Food Chemical Safety Act) would restrict certain food additives in…

Effective TBD (awaiting Governor; phased after enactment) Primary source

NY

Packaging Final Bill

NY PFAS in Food Packaging

New York prohibits distributing, selling, or offering for sale food packaging with intentionally added PFAS when the package is mainly paper, paperboard, or other plant-derived…

Effective 12/31/22 Primary source

NY

Claims Proposed Bill

NY A 2584 / S 397 False or Misleading Food Advertising (Child-Directed Marketing)

NY A 2584-A / S 397-A "False or Misleading Food Advertising" would amend NY General Business Law §350-a and Agriculture & Markets Law §202-a to establish statutory factors for…

Effective 30 days after enactment (no compliance phase-in) Primary source

NY

Packaging Proposed Bill

NY State: Bill S 1464 Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act

New York S 1464 (2025-2026 session) would enact the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, creating a new Title 34 of Article 27 of the NY Environmental…

Effective Takes effect immediately on enactment (program phase-in via PRRO plan + DEC approval) Primary source

NY

Packaging Final Bill

NY State: Returnable Container Act (Bigger Better Bottle Bill)

New York's Returnable Container Act (ECL Article 27, Title 10 §§ 27-1001 to 27-1019; regulations at 6 NYCRR Part 367) requires a minimum 5¢ deposit on covered beverage containers.…

Effective 1983 (original); 06/01/09 (Bigger Better Bottle Bill water expansion); pending: S237/A6353 2.0 expansion Primary source

OH

Labeling Final Bill

OH HB 10 Imitation Meat & Egg Labeling

Ohio HB 10 (136th General Assembly; ORC 3715.602) makes a food "misbranded as a meat or egg product" when a manufactured-protein or fabricated-egg product uses an identifying…

Effective 03/20/26 Primary source

OK

Additives & formulation Paused (Session Sine Die)

OK State: Bill SB 96 Cultivated Meat Prohibition

Oklahoma SB 96 (2025-2026 session) would have prohibited the manufacture, sale, holding or offering for sale, or distribution of cultivated meat (also called lab-grown or…

Effective Not Enacted Primary source

OK

Additives & formulation Proposed Bill

OK HB 1912 Corn Masa Nutrition Enhancement Act

Oklahoma's "Corn Masa Nutrition Enhancement Act" (HB 1912, 60th Legislature; principal author Rep. Arturo Alonso-Sandoval) would require corn masa flour to contain folic acid at…

Effective TBD (contingent on passage) Primary source

OR

Packaging Final Bill

OR SB 543 PFAS in Foodware Containers

Oregon SB 543 prohibits the sale of foodware containers with intentionally added PFAS AND bars continued use of noncompliant inventory after the effective date. "Foodware…

Effective 01/01/25 Primary source

OR

Packaging Final Bill

OR State: Beverage Container Redemption (Bottle Bill) Canned Wine Inclusion

Oregon's Beverage Container Redemption Act (Bottle Bill, ORS 459A.700-459A.744) was expanded to include canned wine effective 07/01/25; dealers and distributors are required to…

Effective 07/01/25 (canned wine added); 10/01/26 (label mandatory) Primary source

OR

Packaging Final Bill

OR Recycling Modernization Act (Packaging EPR)

Oregon's Recycling Modernization Act (RMA, enacted 2021) moved covered packaging, paper, and foodservice ware into a statewide producer-responsibility system, the first EPR law in…

Effective 07/01/25 Primary source

PA

Labeling Proposed Bill

PA HB 2377 High-Caffeine Beverage Warning Label

Pennsylvania HB 2377 would amend Title 3 (Agriculture), in food protection, to require a high-caffeine disclosure on retail food facility menus. As amended (Printer's No. 3674), a…

Effective TBD (Proposed) Primary source

PA

Testing Proposed Bill

PA HB 507 Baby Food Heavy-Metal Testing and Labeling

Pennsylvania HB 507 would provide for the testing and labeling of baby food, set prohibited levels of toxic heavy metals in baby food, and impose related duties on the Department…

Effective TBD (Proposed) Primary source

RI

Packaging Proposed Bill

RI S 2656 Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging and Paper Act

Rhode Island S 2656 would establish an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for packaging and paper products. Section 1 of the bill would take effect upon passage;…

Effective TBD (Proposed) Primary source

RI

Packaging Final Bill

RI State: PVC & Polystyrene Packaging Ban (Toxic Packaging Reduction Act)

Rhode Island prohibits any person, including manufacturers and distributors, from selling or distributing into commerce any packaging, packaging component, or reusable packaging…

Effective 01/01/2026 Primary source

RI

Packaging Final Bill

RI State: PFAS in Food Packaging Ban (Toxic Packaging Reduction Act)

Rhode Island prohibits the sale or distribution of food packaging containing intentionally introduced PFAS, under the state's Toxic Packaging Reduction Act (RIGL 23-18.13). The…

Effective 01/01/2025 (intentionally added PFAS in food packaging); 07/01/2027 (PFAS as processing or mold-release agent) Primary source

SC

Labeling Final Bill

SC H 4248 Imported Shrimp Disclosure (Food Service)

South Carolina H 4248, enacted as Act No. 254 (2026), amends S.C. Code Section 39-25-175 to require food service establishments (restaurants, cafeterias, food stands, and food…

Effective 10/28/26 Primary source

SC

Additives & formulation Proposed Bill

SC H 5096 Cell-Cultivated Food Restrictions

South Carolina H 5096 would prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution of artificial or cell-cultivated food products in the state. Scope would include cell-cultivated meat,…

Effective TBD (Proposed) Primary source

SC

Additives & formulation Proposed Bill

SC State: Bill H 4758 Consumable Hemp Product Ban (incl. Hemp Beverages)

South Carolina H 4758 (2025-2026 session, 126th General Assembly) would ban the manufacture, sale, and possession of consumable hemp products exceeding 0.3% THC on a dry-weight…

Effective Effective date per enacting clause if passed (not yet law) Primary source

SD

Additives & formulation Final Bill

SD SB 124 Cell-Cultured Protein Ban

South Dakota SB 124 temporarily prohibits the sale, offer for sale, holding for sale, distribution, and (for meat products) manufacture of products containing cell-cultured…

Effective 07/01/26 Primary source

TN

Additives & formulation Final Bill

TN HB 134 School Nutrition Red Dye 40 Ban

Tennessee HB 134 (Public Chapter 476, 2025; companion SB 476; signed May 27, 2025) prohibits food or beverage items containing Allura Red AC (Red Dye 40, CAS 25956-17-6) from…

Effective 08/01/27 Primary source

TN

Packaging Proposed Bill

TN SB 0269 Tennessee Waste to Jobs Act

Tennessee SB 0269 (the Tennessee Waste to Jobs Act) would establish a producer-responsibility framework for certain packaging materials. The bill text would restrict sales of…

Effective TBD (Proposed) Primary source

TX

Labeling Final Bill

TX SB25 Additive Disclosure

Texas SB 25 requires a state-specific warning statement on the labels of certain foods containing listed ingredients, with the label requirement tied to food product labels…

Effective 09/01/25 Primary source

TX

Additives & formulation Final Bill

TX SB 314 School Meal Additive Ban

Texas SB 314 (89th Regular Session; signed by Gov. Abbott May 27, 2025; companion HB 1290) bars school districts and open-enrollment charter schools from providing free or…

Effective 05/27/25 (bill) / contracts on or after 09/01/26 (prohibition) Primary source

TX

Additives & formulation Final Bill

TX SB 261 Cell-Cultured Protein Prohibition

Texas SB 261 (89R) prohibits the manufacture, sale, holding or offering for sale, and distribution of cell-cultured protein for human consumption in Texas, with civil and criminal…

Effective 09/01/25 Primary source

UT

Additives & formulation Final Bill

UT HB 402 Foods Additives in Schools

Utah HB 402 ("Foods Additives in Schools"; signed by Gov. Cox March 27, 2025; statute effective May 7, 2025) prohibits public schools, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, from…

Effective 05/07/25 (statute) / 2026-2027 school year (school prohibition) Primary source

VA

Additives & formulation Final Bill

VA SB 1289 / HB 1910 School Food Dye Ban

Virginia SB 1289 and identical companion HB 1910 (enacted as Chapters 212 and 222, Acts of Assembly 2025; reported signed March 21, 2025) prohibit any public elementary or…

Effective 07/01/27 Primary source

VA

Labeling Final Bill

VA SB 186 Manufactured-Protein Labeling

Virginia SB 186 (Ch. 108, 2026 Acts; identical companion HB 322) deems a meat or poultry product "misbranded" if it contains a manufactured-protein product (plant-based,…

Effective 07/01/26 Primary source

VA

Testing Final Bill

VA HB1844 Baby Food Protection Act

Virginia's Baby Food Protection Act (HB 1844) requires heavy-metal testing and public disclosure for baby food sold in Virginia. Unlike some states (CA, MD, IL), Virginia has a…

Effective 01/01/26 Primary source

VT

Packaging Final Bill

VT State: Beverage Container Redemption Act

Vermont deposit-return program (10 V.S.A. Ch. 53); 5¢ standard, 15¢ liquor >50mL; H.158 (2024) expansion to wine/water/juice/cider was VETOED; hard cider remains excluded; Act 177…

Effective 07/01/2026 (Act 158; phased provisions follow) Primary source

VT

Testing Final Bill

VT H.536 Toxic Heavy Metals in Baby Food Products

Vermont H.536, signed into law 05/26/26, adds baby-food heavy-metal testing, public disclosure, and on-pack QR-code labeling requirements, PLUS a novel provision: the law LIMITS…

Effective January 1, 2027 Primary source

VT

Packaging Final Bill

VT PFAS in Food Packaging

Vermont prohibits food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances); the "intentionally added" definition captures any amount added during…

Effective 01/01/26 Primary source

VT

Additives & formulation Proposed Bill

VT S 26 Artificial Dyes in School Food Prohibition

Prohibits certain artificial dyes in foods and beverages served or sold at Vermont schools.

Effective TBD Primary source

WA

Packaging Final Bill

WA E2SSB 5284 Recycling Reform Act (Packaging EPR)

Washington Recycling Reform Act (E2SSB 5284; passed by the Senate April 23, 2025; signed by Gov. Ferguson May 17, 2025; codified ch. 70A.208 RCW) establishes extended producer…

Effective PRO appoint 01/01/26; PRO register 03/01/26; producer join 07/01/26 Primary source

WA

Packaging Final Bill

WA PFAS in Food Packaging

Washington's Safer Products for Washington program phases PFAS restrictions in food packaging by product category. Phase 1 (02/01/23) covered wraps, plates, food boats, pizza…

Effective 02/01/23 (Phase 1) Primary source

WA

Packaging Final Bill

WA Compostable Packaging Labeling Standards

Washington State requires items marketed as compostable to meet certification, labeling, and product-marking standards intended to reduce greenwashing and contamination in…

Effective 01/01/24 Primary source

WA

Packaging Final Bill

WA SB 5022 Minimum PCR Content

Washington SB 5022 mandates tiered, escalating minimum post-consumer recycled (PCR) content percentages in specific plastic packaging categories: beverage containers, trash bags,…

Effective 01/01/23 (Initial PCR requirements) Primary source

WV

Additives & formulation Final Bill

WV HB2354 Ban on synthetic dyes

West Virginia HB 2354 restricts certain synthetic dyes and preservatives in food: phased, with near-term school-meal restrictions first (effective 08/01/25) and a broader…

Effective 08/01/25 (Schools) Primary source