FSSAI to adopt ICMR nutrition HFSS norms for FOPL
A kirana store | Representational Image | Photo: Praveen Jain/ ThePrint The country’s apex food regulator has decided to adopt the standards of the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN) for defining, for the first time, food that is high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS), ThePrint has learnt. Salt, sugar and […]
FSSAI to mandate labelling of salt, sugar, saturated fat on packaged food
Food regulator FSSAI on July 6 approved changes to nutritional information labelling on packaged food items, proposing that total salt, sugar and saturated fat should be displayed in bold letters as well as bigger font size. In an official statement, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said it has approved “a proposal to […]