PIPAL: People’s Initiative for Participatory Action for food Labelling

Subject: Draft Notification on Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Amendment Regulations, 2021 related to revision in respect of criteria, applicability and content claims Regulations, 2021   Relevant section in the draft notification on which comments are being provided Comments/suggestion Rationale Remarks Regulation 5(3)/Schedule I   Nutrient Claims Unhealthy foods, especially those high in fat, sugar, or salt, should not be allowed to use a nutrient claim, even if they contain another nutrient at a level sufficient to qualify for a nutrient claim.   If a product contains an excessive amount of a problematic nutrient ( e.g., sodium, saturated fat, or added sugar), then promotion of other nutrient qualities ( e.g., calcium or Vitamin D, or low total fat) should be prohibited.   The best solution is to condition nutrient claims in Schedule...

  Reduce the consumption of packaged foods: Roshni Kushal Jaiswal, Varanasi spokesperson, Congress & Mrs India Glamourous,   2018 Roshni Kushal Jaiswal  in    Public Dialogue on Children’s Nutritional rights and Package food Labelling   on 2 December,2021 at Diamond Hotel, #Varanasi   https://youtu.be/qe7n2qSBZn4 Former MP Rajesh Mishra ji, Chief Organizer Congress Seva Dal, Manoj Rai Dhoopchandi ji, Anil ji, Vandana ji and all the mothers who have come here with their children taking time from their busy schedule. Thank you very much. PVCHR, does something very unique. People run NGOs, but many organizations do not inform people of the number of problems created by packaged foods. The number will increase in the future. Many people run NGOs, but many organizations do not inform about how many problems are being created due to packaged food, there will be more in the coming time. As soon as Abhimanyu ji came to my residence and told me at ...

  Chairperson of CSO group of Niti Aayog , Mr. Bhanuja Sharan  visited PVCHR office and PVCHR handed over a memorandum for strong and mandatory #FOPL on unregulated packaged food. He promised to bring agenda in next meeting of CSOs group of Niti Aayog.   #PacketKeAndarKyaHai #PackagedFood

  If Congress Government is formed at the Centre post to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a resolution will be passed to implement FOPL: Anil Yadav, UP Congress leader Anil Yadav   in    Public Dialogue on Children’s Nutritional rights and Package food Labelling   on 2 December,2021 at Diamond Hotel, #Varanasi   https://youtu.be/u6YQDtAZznA Rajesh Mishra ji, former MP of Varanasi and pillar of the Congress party in UP, Lalji Desai ji , Chief Organizer of Congress Seva Dal, Samajwadi Party spokesperson Manoj ji , Roshan Kaushal Jaiswal ji , Vandana Shah ji and other speakers who have left the event. In the first place, I would like to thank Lenin ji for inviting a lesser known politician like me to discuss such a serious matter. I am grateful to Lenin ji and to all the residents of Varanasi and Kashi. Whatever has been said in this 'public dialogue' has covered most of what needs to be said. There has been a lot of progress in the country. During my chil...