India publishes five Quality Control Orders for polymers

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Jan 08, 2024 | India publishes five Quality Control Orders for polymers

BIS Quality Control Order

On 6 December 2023, the Central Government of India, after consultation with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), published a Gazette Notification regarding the Quality Control Order (QCO) for the five polymer products listed in the table below. 

Order 

Indian Standard 

Title of Indian Standard 

S.O. 5181(E) 

IS 17399:2020 

Textiles — Polypropylene (PP)/ High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Laminated Woven Sacks for Mail Sorting, Storage, Transport and Distribution - Specification 

S.O. 5180(E) 

IS 16703:2017 

Textiles — High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging of 25 kg Polymer Materials - Specification 

S.O. 5179(E) 

IS 16709:2017 

Textiles — Polypropylene (PP) Woven, Laminated, Block Bottom Valve Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement - Specification 

S.O. 5178(E) 

IS 11652:2017 

Textiles — High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)/ Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement - Specification 

S.O. 5177(E) 

 

IS 9755:2021 

Textiles—High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) /Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging Fertilizers - Specification 

 

Timeline: 

It shall come into force on the expiry of one hundred and eighty days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 

We acknowledge that the above information has been compiled from Indian Standards Bureau (BIS)

Originally published on Global Product Compliance.

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