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The aim is to enable consumers to better understand the nutritional value of the product they consume and make healthier decisions
Updated: July 7, 2024 10:40 AM IST
FSSAI approves proposal to display nutrition information labeling of total sugar, salt and saturated fat in bold (Photo source: Pixabay)
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has approved a proposal to display nutritional information on total sugar, salt and saturated fat in bold and comparatively larger font on labels of packaged foods.
The decision to approve the amendment to the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020, relating to nutrition information labelling, was taken during the 44th meeting of the Food Safety Authority, held under the chairmanship of Apurva Chandra, Chairman, FSSAI.
According to an official release, the amendment is aimed at enabling consumers to better understand the nutritional value of the product they consume and make healthier decisions. The draft notification for the amendment would now be made public to invite suggestions and objections.
The information on the contribution per serving to the recommended daily allowance (RDA) would be given in bold for total sugar, total saturated fat and sodium content. Regulation 2(v) and 5(3) of the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulation, 2020, specify requirements to display the serving size and nutritional information on the label of the food product respectively.
In addition to empowering consumers to make healthier choices, the amendment would also contribute to efforts to combat the rise of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and promote public health and well-being. Prioritizing the development of clear and distinctive labeling requirements would aid in the global effort to combat NCDs.
Further, FSSAI has been issuing advisories from time to time to prevent false and misleading claims. These include advisories sent to e-commerce websites to remove the term ‘Health Drink’ as it is nowhere defined or standardised under the FSS Act 2006 or rules/regulations made thereunder, apart from the directive requiring all Food Business Operators (FBOs) to remove any claim of ‘100% fruit juices’ from the labels and advertisements of reconstituted fruit juices, use of the term wheat flour/refined wheat flour, advertisement and marketing of ORS along with prefix or suffix, nutrient function claim for multi-source edible vegetable oils etc. These advisories and guidelines are being issued to prevent misleading claims by FBOs, the press release said.
Senior officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; States and Union Territories attended the meeting. Representatives of industry associations, consumer organisations, research institutes and farmers’ organisations were also present.
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