FSSAI moves to make food packaging safer | India News
NEW DELHI: Loose packaging such as colored and black carry bags, disposable containers with aluminum coating and sweet boxes have been identified as major contaminants of packaged food, prompting the food regulator to come up with new regulations on food packaging.Around 80% of food samples packed in colored carry bags, 59% in black carry bags and over 24% in aluminum coated disposable containers and 21% in sweet boxes were found chemically contaminated, findings of a national survey of food packaging materials conducted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) shows.In order to curb the menace, the regulator…