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Govt yet to finalise decision to put health rating label on food packages
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Thursday, 19 December, 2024, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The Government is yet to finalise the decision to put health rating label on food packages as the draft for the same has been waiting for approval for last two years.
To a question, whether the Government plans to make health rating labels mandatory for ready-to-eat food products, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has replied that a draft in this regard has been issued by the FSSAI for stakeholders consultation.
MoH&FW, in Parliament, has stated that FSSAI in September, 2022, has notified the draft of Food Safety and Standards (Labelling & Display) Amendment Regulations, which is available and these amendment regulations propose a definition of foods with high content of fat, sugar and salt (HFSS Food) and also front-of-pack labelling of packaged foods (except for certain foods for which exemptions have been provided) with an Indian Nutrition Rating (INR).
However, the Ministry failed to explain the delay in approval of the same.
Meanwhile, on question of sugar tax to curb excessive consumption of sugar, the ministry replied that there was no such proposal as sugar tax before the GST Council.
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