India Withdraws Six Chemical Quality Control Orders
On 20 November 2025, the Government of India’s Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals) rescinded six previously issued Quality Control Orders (QCOs). This decision of India to withdraw Chemical Quality Control Orders was made after consulting with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and determining that it was in the public interest. The withdrawals took immediate effect.
Withdrawn QCOs
| Chemical/Product | Year of QCO | Original Notification Number | Date of Notification |
| Vinyl Sulphone | 2024 | S.O. 4927(E) | 14 November 2024 |
| K Acid | 2024 | S.O. 4926(E) | 14 November 2024 |
| H Acid | 2024 | S.O. 4925(E) | 14 November 2024 |
| Sodium Tripolyphosphate | 2020 | S.O. 1903(E) | 16 June 2020 |
| Beta Picoline | 2020 | S.O. 1892(E) | 16 June 2020 |
| Pyridine | 2020 | S.O. 1890(E) | 16 June 2020 |
Several other QCO withdrawals have occurred in recent weeks. Further details are available here, here, and here.
We acknowledge that the above information has been compiled from The gazette of India .
