Ball India welcomes FSSAI packaged water move

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Ball Beverage Packaging India has welcomed the move by the FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) to pave the way for packaging drinking water in non-transparent packaging solutions like aluminium beverage cans.

This contributes to the Indian government’s initiative to regulate single use plastics and gives the consumer an eco-friendly alternative.

Aluminium beverage can manufacturers contacted the FSSAI requesting that it make the necessary regulatory changes in the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations 2018 for Packaged Drinking Water. This was in line with the recommendation by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the suggestions made an expert committee made up of representatives from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Director General of Health Services (DGHS) in 2019, to remove the restriction on the use of non-transparent bottle for packaging drinking water to enable businesses to explore alternatives other than the PET currently in use.

Amit Lahoti, senior director and general manager – Asia, Ball Beverage Packaging, said, “We thank FSSAI for bringing in this regulation that will place India at par with other environmentally conscious countries who are encouraging sustainable beverage packaging choices. We are excited to offer our prospect customers in the packaged water space innovative aluminium cans as a sustainable packaging material. Cans are infinitely recyclable, lightweight, tamper proof stackable and strong, allowing brands to package and transport more beverages using less material.”

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