California’s AB 1200 cookware disclosure law requires manufacturers of cookware sold in the state of California to make certain disclosures if their cookware products contain intentionally added chemical(s) present on the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (“DTSC”) Candidate Chemical List in the handle of their cookware products or in any cookware surface that comes into contact with food, foodstuffs, or beverages.

For more information on California’s AB1200 Cookware Disclosure Law, please visit: Assembly Bill No. 1200 California Legislation. To access the California DTSC Candidate Chemical List, please visit: https://dtsc.ca.gov/scp/candidate-chemicals-list/ California AB1200 defines “cookware” as durable houseware items that are used in homes and restaurants to prepare, dispense, or store food, foodstuffs, or beverages. “Cookware” includes pots, pans, skillets, grills, baking sheets, baking molds, trays, bowls, and cooking utensils.
California AB1200 defines “intentionally added chemical” as a chemical that a manufacturer has intentionally added to a product and that has a functional or technical effect in the product, including the components of intentionally added chemicals and intentional breakdown products of an added chemical that also have a functional or technical effect in the product.