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No FSSAI norms yet for nutrition warning labels on packaged foods
The New Indian Express Kollam
|August 30, 2025
AS the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) races against a Supreme Court deadline to finalize its recommendations for mandatory front-of-pack nutrition warning labels on packaged foods, a think tank working on nutrition has said they have designed a framework which will ensure the final policy is based on scientific evidence, not on commercial influence.
The framework, termed the Weightage Scale for Stakeholder Comments, was submitted to FSSAI by Nutrition Advocacy in Public Interest (NAPI), a think tank working on evidence-based nutrition policy.
The scale provides a clear methodology for the FSSAI's and the expert committee to evaluate inputs by prioritizing their source and evidence-base, rather than their volume. It is based on global evidence and India's own health crisis.
This story is from the August 30, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kollam.
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