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New lab study on food by CSE exposes efforts to sabotage public health

-Press release by Centre for Science and Environment, dated 17 December, 2019

Levels of salt, fat in junk foods way higher than proposed thresholds, says new CSE lab study

Points out that industry is opposing notification of draft regulation because then we will know how bad their food is

Expert group made recommendations six years ago, but the draft regulation that has emerged is severely diluted -- even this much-diluted draft has not been notified

CSE sounds the alarm bells, calls for urgent notification of labelling laws and RED warning label on food that crosses the healthy threshold

New Delhi, December 17, 2019:
A new laboratory analysis by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on commonly available popular processed foods has set the warning bells tolling. The study finds that most packaged food and fast food items being sold in India contain dangerously high levels of salt and fat in them – the levels have been found to be much higher than the thresholds set by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), but not notified.

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