The Supreme Court is set to pass an order on Thursday on a plea seeking front-of-pack warning labels (FoPL) for packaged food products containing high levels of sugar, salt and saturated fat, saying the issue concerns the health of people, particularly growing children.
We will pass an order today, or maybe it’ll be uploaded tomorrow. The Court today said it was concerned with the health of people, particularly growing children, and described the issue as being in the national interest. “We have also done some homework. You study the order and come back. FSSAI has since filed a compliance affidavit setting out its proposed framework. “We are concerned with the health of people, particularly growing children.
It asked the parties to study the order and return on September 28 for the next hearing in the case.
Terming the issue flagged by the petitioners as one of “national interest”, a bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran said the Court had also done its homework and would pass an order today, which may be uploaded on the top court’s official website on Friday. We will keep it on the 28th of September”, the Court said. This is a cause in the national interest”, the Court said.
The observations came in a matter in which the Court had earlier asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to consider introducing FoPL warnings on packaged foods high in sugar, salt and saturated fat.
