Red hexagon on your snack pack: What FSSAI’s new proposed warning label means | Explained
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on August 28, has proposed that the warning initially apply to products high in two or more of the three “nutrients of concern” — added sugar, added saturated fat and salt — as well as specified highly sweetened beverages
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed a new red hexagonal warning label for packaged foods high in added sugar, saturated fat, or salt, aiming to give consumers a quick signal about unhealthy products. The proposal, filed in the Supreme Court on August 28, initially targets products high in two or more of these nutrients, as well as specified highly sweetened beverages.
The Supreme Court is set to consider the affidavit on September 10, and FSSAI plans a two-phase rollout, with the second phase extending the warning to products high in any one of the three nutrients. Nutrition advocates, however, argue that requiring a product to be high in two nutrients before it attracts a warning defeats the purpose of a warning label and suggest a simpler principle where any product high in sugar, salt, or saturated fat should carry a warning.
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