SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 072.24 to keep stakeholders informed about India’s mandating of national standards and the standard mark for several categories of food contact product.

The country’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued two orders to regulate the following categories of food contact product in March 2024:

1. Portable water bottles
2. Insulated flasks/bottles/containers for domestic use

The mandated standards are:
• Portable water bottles (copper, stainless steel, aluminium) – IS 17803:2022
• Insulated flask for domestic use – IS 17790:2022
• Domestic stainless steel vacuum flask/bottle – IS 17526:2021
• Insulated container for food storage – IS 17569:2021

SGS experts publish SafeGuardS to keep stakeholders informed about regulatory and market changes that can impact their business. SafeGuardS 072.24 details the new standard being mandated in India and includes a table with details of the two orders and the effective dates for enforcement.

Stakeholders should review SGS’s original SafeGuardS 072.24 for more details.

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SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full India Issues Quality Control Orders for Several Categories of Food Contact Product SafeGuardS. [www.sgs.com/en/news/2024/05/safeguards-7224-india-issues-quality-control-orders-for-several-categories-of-food-contact-product]

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