Global Nutrition Experts Back FSSAI Warning Labels, Seek Stricter Rules The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed mandatory warning labels on packaged foods and beverages to alert consumers about excessive sugar, saturated fat, or sodium content.
Over 60 global nutrition experts from esteemed institutions like Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Oxford have endorsed this initiative, but they also call for a more comprehensive overhaul of India's food safety regulations.
The devil is in the details of the proposed labeling regime. The experts recommend abandoning the requirement that products must contain "two or more nutrients" to warrant a warning label.