Front-of-pack nutrition labelling to be rolled out in single phase, FSSAI tells Supreme Court

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the country’s food regulator, on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) conveyed to the Supreme Court its proposal to adopt a single-phase approach for the implementation of front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FoPL) on packaged food products indicating sugar, salt and saturated fat levels.

The regulator sought a four-month period for issuing and finalising the draft regulations under the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSS Act), 2006.

“In this time period, FSSAI will notify the draft amendment regulations which is mandatorily required to be published for a period of 60 days for inviting comments from stakeholders through domestic consultation and the WTO platform. Comments received will be examined, and, subsequently with the approval of Food Authority, the final notification will be forwarded to the Ministry for publication in the official gazette,” the FSSAI affidavit said.