As consumers, it's our responsibility to stay informed and make conscious food choices. This #WorldFoodSafetyDay, let's pledge to prioritize safety over convenience and demand transparency from food companies. Because when it comes to food safety, it's better to be safe than sorry!
This #WorldHealthDay2023, a message about why front of pack labels can save lives. As an epidemic of non communicable diseases sweep across the country, fuelled by unhealthy diets (among other reasons), we need labels that warn us of what we're actually consuming. Highly processed foods are high in sugar, salt and fat - and all of these ingredients are implicated in our rising deaths from preventable diseases.
Several countries around the world have managed to reduce their burden of NCD by using #WarningLabels on the front of packed foods. Packed foods are frequently high in undesirable nutrients. This #WorldFoodSafetyDay, we ask for warning labels that will let #consumers make safe, healthy choices about the foods that they eat.
Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG) demands the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to effectively notify the Front of Package Labels (FoPL) for packed food under the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2018.#WorldFoodSafetyDay2021
Front of pack labelling and warning symbols can help with the reduction in consumption of high fat, salt and sugar foods which in turn helps in combating non-communicable diseases. These are currently killing over hal a million Indians each year. #WorldFoodSafetyDay2021
Front of pack labels act as warning symbols so that consumers can easily compare and identify healthy products at the point of purchase. This can prevent the huge number of deaths that over consumption of salt, sugar and fat cause in India. #WorldFoodSafetyDay2021
Front of pack labels that have simplied information of key ingredients such as fat, salt and sugar, which are known to be dangerous to human health, must be available on pre-packed and processed foods. #WorldFoodSafetyDay2021
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Unhealthy diet is an easily preventable risk factor. Limit consumption of salt, sugar, saturated and trans fat as they increase the risk of heart attack, stroke and hypertension. Packaged foods need front of pack labels warning consumers about high levels of these harmful substances. Consumers could then make healthier food choices. This World Food Safety Day, we demand FoPL regulations to be notified and executed effectively.