How to prepare the industry for toluene-free inks

“Awareness towards food packaging is prevalent in the market. While ink manufacturers are making inks by ensuring exclusion list of IS-15495 for food packaging, most of the brands like Nestle, Britannia, Mondelez, Mars, HUL (food division), ITC (food division), Coke, Pepsico have have adopted toluene free ink system for their food packaging segments,” says VK Seth, the managing director of Sakata.

by Ramu Ramanathan