New Jersey has 1 cosmetics ingredient law we track, naming 0 substances plus 1 class rule.
N.J.S.A. 56:3-56 (P.L.2025, c.202, s.4; definitions C.56:3-55) · first date: January 12, 2028
“4. a. Beginning two years after the effective date of this act, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in the State any cosmetic product that contains intentionally added PFAS.”Source: pub.njleg.state.nj.us
“4. a. Beginning two years after the effective date of this act, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in the State any cosmetic product that contains intentionally added PFAS.”Source: pub.njleg.state.nj.us
“17. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved January 12, 2026.”Source: pub.njleg.state.nj.us
Cosmetics: articles applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness or altering the appearance, and their components; excludes soap. No leave-on/rinse-off distinction. Leave-on and rinse-off products.
Soap: Soap excluded. Definition of 'cosmetic' says the term shall not include soap.
“use as a component of any such articles; except that such term shall not include soap.”Source: pub.njleg.state.nj.us
Sell-through: None in the text.
Chaptered law text (P.L.2025, c.202). Trace-impurity carve-out for cosmetics; carve-out for PFAS only in electronic or internal components. Unlike the carpet section, the cosmetics section has no used-product exemption in its text. No sell-through. Division of Consumer Affairs may adopt rules and enforces. The exact start date depends on how 'two years after the effective date' is counted; 2028-01-12 is a computation from the approval date.
“b. If a cosmetic product contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of PFAS, which stems from impurities of natural or synthetic ingredients or the manufacturing process, storage,”Source: pub.njleg.state.nj.us
“c. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a product that contains intentionally added PFAS only in electronic components or internal components of the product.”Source: pub.njleg.state.nj.us
“"Intentionally added PFAS" means PFAS added to a product or intentionally used during the development of a product or one of its product components to provide a specific characteristic, appearance, or quality or to perform a specific function.”Source: pub.njleg.state.nj.us
Intentionally added PFAS (all PFAS) in cosmetic products · from January 12, 2028 · N.J.S.A. 56:3-56 (P.L.2025, c.202, s.4; definitions C.56:3-55)
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“no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in the State any cosmetic product that contains intentionally added PFAS.”Source: pub.njleg.state.nj.us
Definition:
“"Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS" means substances that include any member of the class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.”Source: pub.njleg.state.nj.us