US – WARNING: California’s Listing Of Microplastics As A Candidate Chemical May Result In Unexpected, And Imminent, Compliance Obligations Under AB 1200 (California Safer Food Packaging And Cookware Act).

However, the listing does have immediate consequences under a different program, AB 1200, which will impact manufacturers and brand owners of cookware products that contain or generate microplastics. AB 1200 also restricts certain “free-of” marketing claims. Under AB 1200, cookware products that do not comply with the labeling and website disclosure requirements may not be sold, offered for sale, or distributed in California. Failure to comply with AB 1200 may also expose companies to enforcement under California’s Unfair Competition Law, False Advertising Law, and related consumer protection statutes. If DTSC proceeds to list consumer products containing microplastics as Priority Products, SCP obligations would begin to attach.