FSSAI bans plastic, aluminium foil and metallised layers in pan masala packaging, allowing plastic-free paper, cellulose, tin and glass. FSSAI has amended the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations, 2018, by adding pan masala to Schedule 4, which lists suggestive packaging materials. Is pan masala itself banned? The amendment also brings specified provisions of the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, into application for pan masala packaging. The changes therefore affect how pan masala is packaged, rather than whether pan masala can be sold.