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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-11102025-266869
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III-Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 669]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2025/ASVINA 16, 1947
6755 GI/2025
FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th October, 2025
F. No. SSDIVI-PF0SP20(16)/2/2025-Standard-FSSAI.—The following draft of certain regulations further
to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations, 2018, which the Food Safety and Standards Authority
of India proposes to make with previous approval of the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by
sub- section (2) of section 92 read with section 23 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006) is hereby
published as required under sub-section (1) of section 92 of the said Act for the information of all persons likely to be
affected thereby, and notice is hereby given that the said draft regulations shall be taken into consideration after the
expiry of the period of sixty days from the date on which the copies of the Gazette containing this notification are made
available to the public;
Objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards
Authority of India, Food and Drug Administration Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi-110002 or may be sent by email at
regulation@fssai.gov.in.
Objections or suggestions which may be received with respect to the said draft regulations within the period
specified above shall be considered by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
DRAFT REGULATIONS
1. These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Amendment Regulations, 2025.
2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations, 2018, -
(1) in regulation (3) relating to General requirements, after sub regulation (14), following shall be inserted, namely;
"(15) Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) shall not be used in manufacturing of food contact materials.
(16) Food contact materials manufactured with polycarbonate and epoxy resins shall be free from Bisphenol A (BPA)
and its derivatives."
RAJIT PUNHANI, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./403/2025-26]
Note. - The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 vide
notification number File No. 1-95/Stds/Packaging/SP(L&C/A)/FSSAI-2017, dated the 24th December, 2018
and last amended vide notification number F.No. STD/SP-20/T(Recycledplastics-N) dated the
28th March, 2025.
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