Your Compliance Partner
Across Markets.
Certify. Enter. Grow.
Navigating regulatory certification for food contact materials and water treatment equipment is complex, time-consuming, and unforgiving. DemandLabs Consulting is the boutique specialist built for exactly this challenge — across India, the USA, and the Middle East.
Three types of clients.
One specialist firm.
Every client comes with a clear goal and an unclear path. We remove the regulatory barrier — completely.
Indian Manufacturers & Exporters
World-class cookware, food-grade packaging, and water treatment equipment manufacturers who need NSF/ANSI, FDA, ESMA, and SFDA certification to unlock premium export markets.
Foreign Companies Entering India
Global FCM and water treatment brands entering India's $535B food processing market — needing entity setup, FSSAI & BIS registration, talent, and GTM strategy.
Global Compliance Management
Multi-market businesses needing ongoing compliance support — label reviews, regulatory change alerts, renewal management, and expert access across active markets.
What we do for you
Structured, specialist support at every stage — from your first compliance gap to your hundredth market.
Regulatory & Certification Consulting
Gap assessments, technical dossier preparation, laboratory testing coordination, and end-to-end certification management across FDA, NSF, FSSAI, BIS, ESMA, SFDA, and GSO.
India Market Entry
Full-stack support for global FCM and water treatment equipment companies entering India — from feasibility study and entity setup to FSSAI & BIS clearances, hiring, and GTM execution.
Compliance Retainer Programmes
Ongoing regulatory compliance support — label reviews, regulatory monitoring, renewal management, migration testing advisory, and expert access. Your outsourced regulatory affairs department.
India. USA. Middle East.
Deep regulatory knowledge across three strategically important markets — each with its own certifying bodies, timelines, and commercial opportunity.
India
- ✓FSSAI Packaging & Labelling Regulations
- ✓BIS CRS — Compulsory Registration Scheme
- ✓IS 10146 / IS 10910 — Plastics in Food Contact
- ✓BIS IS 12235 — Water Contact Materials
- ✓CPCB & MoEFCC Norms
United States
- ✓FDA 21 CFR Parts 170–199 — Indirect Food Additives
- ✓NSF/ANSI 51 — Food Equipment Materials
- ✓NSF/ANSI 61 — Drinking Water Components
- ✓FSMA Preventive Controls for FCM
Middle East
- ✓ESMA — Emirates Authority for Standardisation
- ✓SFDA — Saudi Food & Drug Authority
- ✓GSO Food Contact Standards — GCC-wide
- ✓Halal Certification for FCM
A clear path from assessment to approval
A structured four-stage process designed to eliminate uncertainty, manage costs, and deliver certification efficiently.
Assess
Comprehensive gap analysis. Written Gap Assessment Report with every gap, testing requirement, and budget estimate.
Plan
Detailed Certification Roadmap — documentation, testing schedule, timelines, and milestones. Full clarity before commitment.
Execute
Full dossier preparation, lab coordination, submission management, and active liaison with certifying bodies.
Sustain
Ongoing compliance — renewals, regulatory changes, label reviews, and new market expansions.
Two sectors. Deep expertise.
Exclusive focus on food contact materials and water treatment equipment — specialist depth that generalist consultants cannot match.
Food Contact Materials
Every material that touches food — packaging, processing equipment, cookware, coatings, inks, and single-use items.
- ✓Plastics, films & packaging
- ✓Stainless steel cookware & utensils
- ✓Food processing equipment
- ✓Non-stick & functional coatings
- ✓Packaging inks & adhesives
- ✓Single-use food service items
Water Treatment Equipment
Drinking water contact materials regulated as FCM — a fact most manufacturers discover too late.
- ✓RO membranes & filtration units
- ✓Pipes, fittings & valves
- ✓Storage tanks & pressure vessels
- ✓UV disinfection systems
- ✓Coatings & protective linings
- ✓Commercial & industrial water systems
Why businesses choose
DemandLabs Consulting
Specialist, not generalist
Exclusively food contact materials and water treatment — at a depth no generalist can match.
Three markets, one team
Deep expertise across India, USA, and the Middle East — no handoffs, no gaps.
Boutique accountability
Every engagement managed by senior consultants. Direct access, always.
Lab network, not dependency
Curated network: SGS, Intertek, Eurofins, Bureau Veritas, CSIR-CFTRI.
Honest about timelines
Realistic schedules accounting for lab backlogs and regulatory queues. No surprises.
Gap Assessment first, always
Written report — yours to keep — before any commitment is made.
Not sure where to start?
Book a free 30-minute consultation — we will listen, tell you what is actually required, and give you an honest view of timeline and cost.
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