Business & Safety Resources

Dec. 15, 2025

We encourage you to monitor these resources for the latest business and safety updates.

1. Business & Community Assistance Resources

  1. Disaster Assistance
  2. FEMA Private Sector Disaster Response and Recovery Exercise Starter Kit (ESK)
  3. Feeding America
  4. Illinois Small Business Assistance
  5. RSM & U.S. Chamber Middle Market Business Index (published June 12, 2025)
  6. U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

2. Food Safety

  1. CDC – Restaurant Food Safety – Proliferation Contributing Factors to Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
  2. California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment – Proposition 65 List
  3. FDA Food Code
  4. FDA Authorized Uses of PFAS in Food Contact Applications
  5. USDA Food and Nutrition Service

3. Human Resources

  1. Community Assistance Programs (Illinois job placement)
  2. Department of Laber (DOL) – Wages and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 
  3. DOL Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – FMLA Fact Sheets, Forms and Posters
  4. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  5. Occupational Safety and Health Administration – Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Proposed Rule and Fact Sheet
  6. International Economic Development Council (Workforce Reports) 
  7. National Safety Council – First Aid Training, Driver Training and Safety Leadership Certificate
  8. World Health Organization (WHO)

4. Energy Resources & Rebates

  1. Appliance Standards Awareness Project (State Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards)
  2. Blue Flame Alliance
  3. California Energy Wise
  4. California Energy Commission (CEC)
  5. Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency®
  6. Electric Foodservice Council
  7. ENERGY STAR® Commercial Foodservice Equipment
  8. Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database System (MAEDbS)
  9. SoCalGas Food Service Equipment Center

5. Environmental Related Regulation and Requirements

  1. California Assembly Bill 1200 Advisory Letter – Hazardous Chemicals in Food Packaging and Cookware – bill text
  2. CalRecycle – SB 54 Plastic Pollution prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act Permanent Regulations
  3. Circular Action Alliance – U.S. Producer Responsibility Organization (California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota and Oregon
  4. Colorado Producer Responsibility program
  5. EPA Compliance Monitoring Strategy for the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
  6. EPA Instructions for Reporting per-or poly-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
  7. EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap
  8. European Chemicals Agency 
  9. NSF White Paper – Forever Chemicals, Real Risks: Understanding the Growing Impact of PFAS
  10. PFAS Policy Tracker – December 2025
  11. PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
  12. Presentation on the Chemical Basics of PFAS
  13. Prop 65 Business Resources
  14. Prop 65 – Sample Warnings and Translations For Businesses
  15. Safer States Legislation Tracker Website

6. Tariffs

Given the constantly changing nature of the tariff situation, NAFEM updates the Taxes, Tariffs and Trade page of nafem.org regularly. We recommend visiting this page for information and consult with your customs broker for up-to-the-minute tariff information relative to your business and its products.

7. Trade

  1. Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (232 Investigations, Consolidated Screening List, Export Controls…)
  2. Canada Forced Labor Law
  3. Customs and Border Protection Ace and Automated Systems
  4. Customs and Border Protection Trade Outreach Webinars
  5. Department of Commerce (DOC)
  6. International Trade Administration (ITA) – Human Trafficking: Forced Labor Training for Global Supply Chains
  7. European Chemicals Agency – 40 Hazardous Chemicals Added to EU’s Prior Informed Consent (PIC)Regulation
  8. International Trade Administration  – Consolidated Screening List (CSL)  – UFLPA Entity List – FTA Tariff Tool
  9. ITA – U.S. Aluminum Import Monitor – Country of Most Recent Cast Dashboard & Country of Smelt Dashboard
  10. ITA – U.S. Imports of Steel Mill Products (for Domestic Consumption)
  11. NAFEM Global Market Access and Conformity Guide
  12. National Association of Manufacturers Trading to Win – Manufacturing Investment Accelerator Program and Interactive Tariff Impact Map
  13. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Fact Sheet
  14. U.S. – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA) Frequently Asked Questions
  15. USMCA Origin Certification – Informational Fact Sheet
  16. U.S. Trade Representative
  17. White House website

NAFEM has not confirmed the accuracy of or endorsed the information available through the links.