FSSAI drops colourful front-of-pack warning labels amid industry pushback
- India's food regulator FSSAI abandoned its push for colourful front-of-pack warning labels in August after industry pushback.
- Fanta sold in India contains three times the sugar of the same drink sold in London, along with artificial dye.
- Coca-Cola and Nestle voluntarily use traffic-light labels in Europe while resisting similar labels in India.
- The Supreme Court is scrutinising FSSAI's decision, with 450 million Indians projected to be obese or overweight by 2050.
Source: moneycontrol.com
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