India’s food regulator proposes single-phase nutrition labelling rollout

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has told the Supreme Court that front-of-pack nutrition labelling will be rolled out in a single phase. The Hindu reported that the regulator also sought four months to issue and finalise draft regulations under the Food Safety and Standards Act. Front-of-pack labelling is intended, as described by the subject of the report, to provide nutrition information on the front of food packaging.

The supplied material does not specify the format of the proposed labels, the nutrients that would be displayed or the products that would be covered. It also does not give the date of the regulator’s submission, the court’s response to the request for four months, or a timetable for implementation after the draft regulations are finalised.