Perfluorooctanoic Acid: Regulation
Commons · Question 75813 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to further restrict the (a) sale or (b) use of (i)perfluorooctanoic acid and (ii) products which contain it.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 16 Sep 2025
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts, and related compounds are already banned in the UK under the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation 2019/1021, as amended. That legislation prohibits the manufacturing, placing on the market and use of PO...