Kochi: The Kerala High Court has instructed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to promptly review a plea calling for stronger regulations to curb microplastic contamination in bottled and packaged drinking water across the country.

The direction came from a Bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice V. M. Syam Kumar while disposing of a petition filed by environmental activist C. R. Neelakandan. The petitioner had urged the court to intervene, alleging that regulatory bodies – especially FSSAI – had failed to act despite mounting evidence that commercially sold drinking water contains harmful levels of microplastics and nanoplastics.

In his plea, Neelakandan warned that these particles can enter the human body through ingestion and accumulate in vital o

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