Minnesota has 1 cosmetics ingredient law we track, naming 0 substances plus 1 class rule.
Minn. Stat. § 116.943, subd. 5(a)(4) · first date: January 1, 2025
“(4) cosmetics;”Source: revisor.mn.gov
“(a) Beginning January 1, 2025, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in this state the following products if the product contains intentionally added PFAS:”Source: revisor.mn.gov
Cosmetics: articles (other than soap) applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness or altering the appearance, and their components. No leave-on/rinse-off distinction. Leave-on and rinse-off products.
Soap: Soap excluded. Definition of 'cosmetic' expressly excludes soap.
“(i) "Cosmetic" means articles, excluding soap:”Source: revisor.mn.gov
Sell-through: None in the text.
Revisor page shows the 2025 Statutes; 2025 amendments (1Sp2025 c 1) added the electronic/internal-components carve-out; the 2026 amendment (2026 c 127) changed only subd. 2 (reporting), not the cosmetics ban. Cosmetics cannot get a currently-unavoidable-use exemption because they are listed in subd. 5(a). No trace/impurity carve-out in the text; no sell-through. Products where federal law preempts, used products, and FDA-regulated drugs/medical devices are exempt (subd. 8). Enforced by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
“(l) "Intentionally added" means PFAS deliberately added during the manufacture of a product where the continued presence of PFAS is desired in the final product or one of the product's components to perform a specific function.”Source: revisor.mn.gov
“The commissioner may not determine that the use of PFAS in a product is a currently unavoidable use if the product is listed in paragraph (a).”Source: revisor.mn.gov
“(3) the sale or resale of a used product.”Source: revisor.mn.gov
“(b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit the sale, offer for sale, or distribution for sale of a product that contains intentionally added PFAS only in electronic components or internal components.”Source: revisor.mn.gov
“2026 Subd. 2 Amended 2026 c 127 art 14 s 4”Source: revisor.mn.gov
Intentionally added PFAS (all PFAS) in cosmetics · from January 1, 2025 · Minn. Stat. § 116.943, subd. 5(a)(4)
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“(a) Beginning January 1, 2025, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in this state the following products if the product contains intentionally added PFAS:”Source: revisor.mn.gov
Definition:
“(q) "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS" means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.”Source: revisor.mn.gov