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Make food labelling draft regulations more effective, stringent: CSE to FSSAI
A Delhi-based green body said it has submitted recommendations to FSSAI on the draft regulations on labelling released by the food regulator, urging it to make the norms \"more effective and stringent\".
New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi-based green body said it has submitted recommendations to FSSAI on the draft regulations on labelling released by the food regulator, urging it to make the norms "more effective and stringent".
In April, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India issued a draft of the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2018 and sought comments from stakeholders.
The Centre for Science and Environment said in a statement that the draft has "major gaps" and called for making it "more effective and stringent".
The CSE said it has submitted recommendations to FSSAI to "ensure a robust labelling framework in India". "A strict labelling law is very important to combat obesity and non-communicable diseases plaguing our country.
Though this draft regulation is a good beginning, it also has major gaps that need to be plugged to make it effective," CSE deputy director general Chandra Bhushan said.
One of the "significant gaps" the CSE pointed out is that the draft "does not provide for labelling of crucial aspects like added sugar and dietary fibres".
"Public health and nutrition experts recommend that it is best to avoid added sugar in food items. It can be measured and controlled and therefore, must be labelled.
