FDA Announces Voluntary Agreements to Phase Out PFAS

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that several manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have agreed to phase out the use of the material on food packaging, such as fast-food wrappers, to-go boxes and pizza boxes. The phase-out will begin in January 2021 and will occur over three years, with an additional 18 months anticipated to exhaust existing stocks of paper and paperboard products containing PFAS.

The announcement coincides with a report from Toxic-Free Future purportedly finding PFAS in the packaging of several restaurants.