Levels of salt, fat in junk foods way higher than proposed thresholds, says new CSE lab study
Points out that industry is opposing notification of draft regulation because then we will know how bad their food is
Expert group made recommendations six years ago, but the draft regulation that has emerged is severely diluted — even this much-diluted draft has not been notified
CSE sounds the alarm bells, calls for urgent notification of labelling laws and RED warning label on food that crosses the healthy threshold
New Delhi, December 17, 2019: A new laboratory analysis by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on commonly available popular processed foods has set the warning bells tolling. The study finds that most packaged food and fast food items being sold in India contain dangerously high levels of salt and fat in them – the levels have been found to be much higher than the thresholds set by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), but not notified.
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