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Vermont AG issues guidance on PFAS product bans under Acts 131 and 54
Vermont PFAS Product Ban Guidance (2025)Vermont Attorney General's OfficeVermont
Announced
Jan 1, 2025
Description
The Vermont Attorney General's Office published guidance on PFAS product bans implementing Acts 131 (2024) and 54 (2025). The guidance explains covered products including cosmetics, menstrual products, certain consumer products, food packaging, Class B firefighting foam, and personal protective equipment, with varying effective dates beginning January 1, 2026. The guidance provides the public with a general understanding of the basic contours of the law.
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Vermont AG issues guidance on PFAS product bans under Acts 131 and 54
here: Act 54 as Enacted. Act 54 updated the PFAS product bans in Act 131. This guidance reflects the law as updated in Act 54. The final law is codified here: Vermont Statutes Annotated, Title 9, chapter 63, subchapters 12, 12A, 12B, and 12C. Vermont’s PFAS product bans prohibit manufacturers from selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale, or distributing for use in Vermont certain products to which perfluor