Stainless Steel Utensils and Sinks Dropped from Compulsory BIS Certification, Aluminum Utensils and Cans Get One More Year for Compulsory BIS

· Cookware, Utensils and Cans of Aluminium for Foods and Beverages under Compulsory BIS Certification from 1 Oct 2026

· Restriction to Apply on both Imports and Domestic Industry, Exports Exempted

· Cookware, Utensils and Cans for foods and beverages (Quality Control) Order 2025, Superseded

Centre Mandates BIS Certification for Aluminium Cookware and Beverage Cans from October 2026

In a near about turn, the Central government has notified a fresh Cookware, Utensils and Cans for Foods and Beverages (Quality Control) Order, 2026, making Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification mandatory only for wrought aluminium utensils and aluminium beverage cans with effect from 1 Oct. 2026. Issued by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the order replaces the 2025 quality control regime for these products which covered both stainless steel and aluminium utensils and sinks dropped permanently but large manufacturers who adopted the BIS Scheme from 1 Oct. 2025 will not be exempted!

Under the new order, manufacturers must comply with IS 1660:2024 (wrought aluminium utensils) and IS 14407:2023 (aluminium cans for beverages) and affix the BIS Standard Mark under Scheme-I of the BIS conformity assessment regulations. The compliance deadline is October 1, 2026 for large firms, January 1, 2027 for small enterprises, and April 1, 2027 for micro enterprises, providing a staggered transition for MSMEs.

Products manufactured for export, pre-existing certified or declared stock (allowed to be sold for six months), filled containers imported into India, and limited imports for research and development are exempted. BIS will act as the certifying and enforcement authority, strengthening quality assurance and consumer safety in food-contact aluminium products.

[DPIIT Order S.O. 219(E) dated 15 January 2026]

S.O. 219 (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 read with section 17 and sub-section (3) of section 25 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016) and in supersession of the Cookware, Utensils and Cans for Foods and Beverages (Quality Control) Order 2025, in so far as it relates to Wrought Aluminium Utensils and Aluminium Cans for Beverages, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government, is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, after consulting the Bureau hereby makes the following order, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement. – (1) This Order may be called the Cookware, Utensils and Cans for Foods and Beverages (Quality Control) Order, 2026.

(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Compulsory use of Standard Mark. - Goods or articles specified in column (2) shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standard specified in column (3), of the Table and shall bear the Standard Mark under a licence from the Bureau as per Scheme-1 of Schedule-II of the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018:

Provided that nothing in this order shall apply to goods or articles manufactured domestically for export:

Provided further that the micro enterprise and small enterprise, as defined under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006) shall conform to such Indian Standards from the date specified in the corresponding entry under columns (6) and (7) of the Table respectively:

Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply to goods or articles domestically manufactured or imported before the date of implementation specified in the Table of this order by the manufacturer certified by the Bureau or manufacturer who has applied to the Bureau for certification or by the importer for the relevant goods and articles and such manufacturer or importer shall be permitted to sell or display or offer to sell such declared stock up to six months from the date of implementation specified in columns (5), (6) and (7) of the Table, subject to the condition that such manufacturer or importer shall make a declaration to this effect certified by a Chartered Accountant to the Bureau:

Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply to goods or articles filled with material in any form solid, liquid or gas, when imported into India:

Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply for two hundred number of goods or articles imported for the purpose of research and development by manufacturers of cookware, utensils and cans for food and beverages per year with the condition that such imported goods and articles shall not be sold commercially and shall be disposed of as a scrap and the manufacturer shall maintain a year-wise record of such goods and articles and furnish to the Central Government.

TABLE

Sl.No.	Goods or articles	Indian Standard	Title of Indian Standard	Date of implementation in general (other than micro and small enterprises)	Date of implementa-tion for small enterprises	Date of implementa-tion for micro enterprises
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
1.	Cookware, utensils and cans for food and beverages	1660:2024	Wrought Aluminium Utensils	1st October, 2026	1st January, 2027	1st April, 2027
2.	Cookware, utensils and cans for food and beverages	14407:2023	Aluminium cans for beverages	1st October, 2026	1st January, 2027	1st April, 2027

#Note. - For the purposes of this table, the latest version of the Indian Standard including the amendments thereof, as notified by the Bureau from time to time shall apply from the date of such notification.

3. Certification and enforcement authority. - The Bureau shall be the certifying and enforcing authority for the goods or articles specified in column (2) of the Table.

[F. No. P-29026/14/2023-LEI]