The ministry of consumer affairs, government of India, has issued an advisory for deferring the implementation of the packaging rules amendment issued in May 2015. The department has stated that the affected industry can now use the old packaging till June 30, 2016. This has been done primarily to clear the old stocks and industry concerned thereby gets time to implement the amendments smoothly.
The new amendments state that the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 rulings will prevail with respect to retail food packaging. The amendments to the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2015 were issued by the department of consumer affairs in May 2015, which came into force from January 1, 2016. The department informed that the advisory was issued after a series of representations of industry chambers citing huge stockpile of old packaging and requested the department for time for clearance.
Meanwhile, industry representatives also termed this decision as positive as this would help in saving losses which were otherwise inevitable due to stockpile of old packaged goods. “Overall if we see this issue, it’s a positive move by the regulatory. Big players like Nestle and Hindustan Unilever (HUL) usually plan in advance.
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India issues advisory on packaging rules
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