SGS : India Issues Quality Control Order for Cookware, Utensils and Food Contact Cans

SG 67/24

India has mandated the use of several national standards and the standard mark for cookware, utensils and food and beverage cans. These will become effective on September 1, 2024.

In March 2024, India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued an order to regulate cookware, utensils and cans for foods and beverages to specific national standards. It also mandates the use of the standard mark.

Highlights of the order are summarized in Table 1

The Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II - Section 3 - Sub-section (ii), March 15, 2024
Order	Scope	Indian Standard¹	Effective Date
Cookware, Utensils and Cans for foods and beverages (Quality Control) Order 2024	Cookware, utensils and cans for foods and beverages	IS 14756:2022 'Stainless steel utensils'	• September 1, 2024 • December 1, 2024, for small enterprises • March 1, 2025, for micro enterprises
IS 1660:2009 'Wrought aluminium utensils'
IS 13983:1994 ­'Stainless steel sinks for domestic purposes' IS 9396 (Part 1): 1987
IS 9396 (Part 1): 1987 'Round open top sanitary cans for foods and drinks - tinplate
IS 14407:1996 'Aluminium cans for beverages'
¹Latest versions of the Indian standards apply, including amendments as notified by the Bureau of Indian Standards

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