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India may ban toxic food packaging

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October 15, 2025

India’s top food safety regulator is set to crack down on your everyday food packaging that contains harmful chemicals.

- Priyanka Sharma priyanka.sharma@livemint.com

India may ban toxic food packaging

FSSAI is working on sweeping amendments to its packaging rules amid mounting evidence of serious health risks.

(AP)

From grease-resistant burger wrappers to microwave popcorn bags, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is working on sweeping amendments to its packaging rules amid mounting evidence of serious health risks.

FSSAI is planning tweaks to the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations to prohibit the use of polyand perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and bisphenol A (BPA) in materials that come into contact with food, according to two government officials and documents reviewed by Mint.

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