FSSAI orders food businesses to halt metallic pins, wires in packaging citing safety risk

Regulator directs all food business operators to immediately stop using metallic pins and wires in packaging of cakes, sweets, snacks and takeaway parcels. Non-compliance will draw penal action under the FSS Act, 2006, forcing bakers, sweet shops and QSR chains to overhaul packaging SOPs.

— Filed Fri, 12 Jun, 2026, 21:31 IST · Source ET Small Business · Updated

FSSAI directs all food business operators to immediately stop using metallic pins and wires in packaging of cakes, sweets, snacks and takeaway parcels, citing consumer safety risks. Non-compliance will attract penal action under FSS Act, 2006.