FDA Releases Response Letter Denying Request to Set Temporary PFAS Tolerances

Short summary

FDA denied a citizen petition from the Tucson Environmental Justice Task Force requesting temporary tolerances for 30 PFAS substances in various foods at 0.05 ppb. FDA cited rapidly evolving PFAS science as the reason it cannot establish broad regulatory limits at this time, though it intends to continue evaluating contamination and set action levels where appropriate. The agency rejected petitioners' Delaney Clause argument because PFAS are contaminants, not food additives.

• •FDA denied petition to set temporary PFAS tolerances for 30 substances in foods at 0.05 ppb
• •Agency says PFAS science is evolving too rapidly to set broad limits now
• •Delany Clause argument rejected because PFAS are contaminants, not food additives

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