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India considers stricter red warning labels on food packs
India is considering stricter front-of-pack red warning labels for packaged foods after the Supreme Court questioned whether the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s proposed system could allow too many products to avoid health warnings. The FSSAI had proposed a two-phase system in which a red hexagonal warning would initially appear only when a product exceeded limits in at least two of three categories — added sugar, salt or saturated fat. A stricter second phase was
India considers stricter red warning labels on food packs
India is considering stricter front-of-pack red warning labels for packaged foods after the Supreme Court questioned whether the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s proposed system could allow too many products to avoid health warnings. The FSSAI had proposed a two-phase system in which a red hexagonal warning would initially appear only when a product exceeded limits in at least two of three categories — added sugar, salt or saturated fat. A stricter second phase was









