India: India's FSSAI Proposes Amendment for Packaging Regulations

On May 17, 2022, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued Notification F. No. STD/SP-20/T (Recycled Plastics-N) notifying amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations (2018). The notification was published in the Gazette of India – Extraordinary (official gazette) on May 18, 2022, and uploaded to the FSSAI website on May 24, 2022. The amendment pertains to the use of products manufactured from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in food packaging. World Trade Organization (WTO) members are invited to comment on the proposed draft amendment. The comment period is open for 60 days from the date of the uploading of the draft notification onto the FSSAI website.