In April 2026 California’s Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials brought forward a bill to phase out, by 2035, pesticides containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) intentionally added as active, adjuvant, or inert ingredients.
A further bill would require infant formula manufacturers to test their products for aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury at least every month and communicate the results on their websites or packaging labels. That requirement would take effect January 1, 2028.
The bills have advanced to the Assembly’s Appropriations Committee. They must be approved there by May 29 to receive Senate consideration.
Transparent analysis of infant formula products would be welcomed across the world and this bill may encourage manufacturers to tackle long standing issues such as aluminium levels in infant formula. You can find out more aluminium in infant formula here https://www.firststepsnutrition.org/aluminium-contaminants-of-powdered-infant-milks
