New Standard from Last Update.

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by the Agriculture and Food Processing Equipment Sectional Committee, FAD 20 had been approved by the Food and Agriculture Division Council.

The demand for the disposable/one time use food serving utensils in the gatherings and social activities have increased in the recent years, due to the advantage of no cleaning efforts after the usage. Most of such disposable utensils are polythene based and ultimately non-degradable, posing environmental concerns. Use of degradable, preferably biodegradable materials for the manufacture of such disposable utensils has gained importance over the years. Many agricultural based materials, usually leaves, sheaths, etc. are preferred for making the utensils in the form of plates, cups, bowls, etc as per requirement. Such materials are the waste or by-products of cultivation practices and available at no or low cost. The leaves/sheath are collected from the fields, as fallen or removed after the harvest of the economic part of the plant/crop.