Parliamentary panel seeks tougher sugar disclosure and e-commerce food-label checks
A parliamentary panel has urged FSSAI and consumer authorities to tighten packaged-food labelling, including sugar classifications and colour-coded warnings. It also called for closer scrutiny of misleading product information on e-commerce platforms, with stronger safeguards for infant and children’s foods.
Parliamentary panel urged FSSAI and consumer authorities to tighten packaged-food labelling, introduce sugar classifications and colour-coded warnings, monitor misleading e-commerce listings, and set stronger enforcement rules, especially for infant and children’s foods.
Why this matters
The recommendation extends recent pressure on FSSAI to finalise front-of-pack nutrition labels and enforce rules on “healthy food” claims by D2C brands.
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