Parliamentary panel presses FSSAI to notify front-of-pack labelling rules
A parliamentary panel has urged FSSAI to finalise front-of-pack nutrition labelling regulations, including prominent added-sugar disclosures for infant and child foods and warning or colour-coded labels for high-sugar products. The move could reshape packaged-food packaging, formulation and shelf communication.
What happened
Parliamentary panel urged FSSAI to promptly notify front-of-pack nutrition labelling rules, including prominent added-sugar declarations for infant and child foods and colour-coded or warning labels for high-sugar products, potentially affecting packaged-food formulation, packaging and retail merchandising.
Key facts
- More than 14,000 stakeholder comments
- Draft Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling regulations notified September 13, 2022
- Over two years elapsed since draft notification
Why this matters
Acquirers should prioritise targets with low-sugar, clean-label and child-nutrition credentials, while discounting legacy brands that could face costly relabelling, reformulation and demand erosion.
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- The Hindu BusinessLine — Same time