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FSSAI Draft Regulations

March 20 , 2019 1962 days 686 0
  • Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is expected to announce the draft Food Labelling regulations.
  • New regulations indicate that packaged food items across the country will carry large red labels specifying if the food is high on fats, sugar or salt (HFSS).
  • They aim to address claims like pure, real, natural and sugar-free which are labelled on the food products.
  • If >10% of the energy in the food is coming from sugar, it will have a red symbol.
  • Red label will also be mandatory if trans-fat provides more than 1% of Energy.

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