Paying attention to our packaged food

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This past week, as with the previous week, the nation continues to be concerned with food labelling. With the Supreme Court bringing up the packaged food labelling issue up again, a couple of weeks ago, it has been surely and firmly dragged into the public platform. There has been a great deal of interest in the Food Safety and Standards Association of India’s recommendations on front-of-pack labels, and debate about the merits of the case.

What are these standards that FSSAI promises to hold the packaged food in India up to? We took a long,hard look.