I am in Industrial printing, which includes packaging.
The industry, like most others has been hit with supply line shortages. Packaging materials taken for granted for years/decades are suddenly unavailable for the forseeable future. Package producers are scrambling to get any types of materials so consistant feel or color may not be possible. Furthermore, a compartively small company like AQ, that doesn’t order millions of packages every month will get lower priority than those that do.
A package that has slightly different appearance is not automatically going to be a counterfit.