Court Dismisses Cookware Alliance’s Lawsuit Challenging MN Ban of Cookware Containing Added PFAS

The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota dismissed the Cookware Sustainability Alliance’s (CSA’s) lawsuit challenging Minn. Stat. § 116.943, better known as Amara’s Law, which prohibits the sale of certain products—including cookware—with intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). 

In the lawsuit, filed on January 6, 2025, CSA asserted that Amara’s Law violates the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause, in part because 100% of cookware with intentionally added PFAS is manufactured, distributed, and sold from outside the state. (For more information on the filing of the lawsuit, see the Packaginglaw.com article, Cookware Alliance Sues to Block MN Ban of Cookware Containing Added PFAS.)

In its August 11 ruling, the Court found that the trade group failed to prove that Minnesota’s PFAS ban discriminates against out-of-state businesses in violation of the Constitution’s Commerce Clause. The Court explained that “CSA has not stated a valid dormant Commerce Clause claim because it has not alleged a substantial burden on interstate commerce.”