Children belonging to cross section of India's population are consuming junk or ultra-processed food and it is a well-established that most of these foods contain salt, fat and sugar several times higher than the recommended threshold. Regulatory steps such as nutrition thresholds that make it mandatory for the industry to reformulate and make their food products healthier, at par with global and scientific standards, will go a long way in preventing an obesity or diabetes epidemic
Studies have found that in India, urban and rural households, 53% of children consume salted packaged food such as chips and instant noodles, and 56% consume sweet packaged food such as chocolates and ice cream and 49% of children consumed sugar-sweetened packaged beverages at an average of over twice a week.
so labels with warnings are a necessity. Warning labels obviously move the public more than any other type of label, including traffic light labels. A strong FOPL is the best ally of doctors and nutritional critics in a country like India that is at a health flash point. It is an inalienable right that every child should be able to know what is in the food they consume. A label with clearly defined limits that alerts children and parents to the dangers of FOPL should be a priority
Model and Front of Package Labeling (FOPL) regulations in India that will assist the food processing industry in manufacturing healthy food.
It is directly related to the right to life and in particular the right to health.
Particular the right to health.
Particular the right to health.
If Congress Government is formed at the Centre post to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a resolution will be passed to implement FOPL
Work with education will succeed first and then FOPL will definitely succeed.
If Samajwadi Party forms the government in UP after the assembly elections, a significant decision will be made on the FOPL in its first cabinet meeting, making the state an effective state.
