{
  "id": 5269824,
  "title": "Red hexagon on your snack pack: What FSSAI’s new proposed warning label means | Explained",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/red-hexagon-on-your-snack-pack-what-fssais-new-proposed-warning-label-5269824",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-03T06:59:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
    "slug": "the-hindu-sci-tech",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/red-hexagon-on-your-snack-pack-what-fssais-new-proposed-warning-label-means/article71422687.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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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        "outlet": "The Hindu Health",
        "title": "Red hexagon on your snack pack: What FSSAI’s new proposed warning label means | Explained",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/red-hexagon-on-your-snack-pack-what-fssais-new-proposed-warning-label",
        "published": "2026-09-03T06:59:12.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}