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

दिनांक 9 मार्च 2022 को ( डॉ० लेनिन रघुवंशी जी और अभिमन्यु प्रताप ) ने श्री नीरज सिंह राठौड़  , प्रेसिडेंट राष्ट्रीय मीडिया परिषद एवं पूर्व राष्ट्रीय प्रचारक, राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ  के साथ उनके लखनऊ निवास पर मुलाकात हुई , जिसमे हम लोगो ने उनसे आग्रह किया वो भारत सरकार के स्वास्थ मंत्री को महिला और बच्चो के स्वास्थ के संदर्भ में मज़बूत और अनिवार्य FOPL नियामक बना कर लागू करने के लिए पत्र लिखे।  साथ ही इनसे change.org पर हमारे पेटिशन को अपने नेटवर्क में साझा करें जिससे अधिक से अधिक सिग्नेचर होकर सरकार का ध्यान इस महवपूर्ण मुद्दे पर आकृष्ठ हो सके ।  

 https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/7/21550/Double-Malnutrition-Worries-Young-Mothers-in-Musahar-Villages TARUN KANTI BOSE  | 7 MARCH, 2022 Double Malnutrition Worries Young Mothers in Musahar Villages Untouchability kept them from accessing healthcare  It is well known that Covid directly affected child survival, health and nutrition due to the breakdown of economic and government machinery. Children of the Musahar community, the most marginalised among Dalit castes, in the post-covid period in Annai village, Badagaon block of Varanasi eat unhealthy packaged foods like Kurkure, chips and cream biscuits which have a high salt, sugar and fat content. Regular consumption of these unregulated and ultra-processed foods has pushed them into a double burden of malnutrition, leaving them susceptible to non-communicable disease. In the Musahar hamlet of Annai, mothers are worried as their children’s addiction to packaged foods is making them suffer from liver...

  Date Action Outcome Documents submitted to honorable commission 14th September, 2021 The complaint was filed to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) from Ms Shruti Nagvanshi and Shirin Shabana Khan, resident of Varanasi, U.P., alleging that Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in India. The packaged food is high in salt, fat and sugar which poses major risk factors for obesity and NCDs. The petitioners have prayed for intervention by the Commission for implementation of Nutrient Profile Model and Front of Packet Labeling (FOPL) regulation in India as it will help the food processing Industry towards healthy food   Article Published in Junputh in Hindi Data from the project     22nd September, 2021   Complaint was registered with the case no: 4227/90/0/2021    ...

  FOPL is such an important issue that there appears to be agreement among all the political parties on similar processes: Siddharth Kalhans, Principal Correspondent, Business Standard, Lucknow https://youtu.be/VyRSYNf65Rs SIDDHARTH KALHANS  at Public Dialogue on Children’s Nutritional rights and Package food Labelling on 2 December,2021 at Diamond Hotel, #Varanasi Thank you Lenin ji ,   Shruti ji, Shabana and all the friends who have sat here for listening to weighty matters for a long time and since you must have realized that there is no need to repeat them again and again. Possibly some among the speakers have said there should be a boycott of packaged foods, which is not the intention of this programme. We are not opposed to packaged foods, nor can we do this. As many things as been stated within the requirements, packaged foods are required in a similar mode; the only question is what is contained in packaged foods - should it be prominently displayed, sh...

In India, where there is no big regulation and amount of fat, sugar, and salt should be limited for the preparation of food items: Shalini Yadav, Samajwadi Party leader* https://youtu.be/eveiEXonkQU Shalini Yadav of Samajwadi Party  at Public Dialogue on Children’s Nutritional rights and Package food Labelling on 2 December,2021 at Diamond Hotel, #Varanasi PVCHR, Savitri Bai Phule Mahila Panchayat and Jan Mitra Nyas under whose aegis ‘Public Dialogue on Children’s Nutrition Health and Packaging Food Labelling’ has been organized, MLC Ashutosh Sinha ji , Sudha Chaurasia ji, BJP’s Mahila Morcha functionary Sunita Singh ji , Vandana Shah ji and successful   moderator of this programme, Dr Lenin Raghuvanshi ji , who is conducting the ‘Public Dialogue’ with finesse   and all the responsible citizens who are sitting here in front of me and sisters and brothers seated here. Today, due to the pressure of work, packaged food is catching up fast in India as it is in foreign...

 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/strong-front-of-pack-fop-labelling-regulations-the-need-of-the-hour/ Nutrition has been identified as the largest modifiable risk factor for the increasing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), which contribute to 71% of deaths worldwide. Leading doctors, University and IIT professors, health experts, human rights defenders, International peace laureate, faith leaders, political parties and global public health experts in Uttar Pradesh have come together to emphasise on the importance of consumer-friendly warning labels, which will address the rising burden of non-communicable diseases in India. Political parties have promised to include urgent policy action on front on package labelling (FOPL) in their election manifesto for the upcoming elections in the state. The Consultative sessions and public dialogue organised in various districts observed how over 5.8 million Indians die of NCDs (such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovas...

                                                 https://youtu.be/km7AbnOHIfw Advocate Sudha Chaurasia from BSP at Public Dialogue on Children’s Nutritional rights and Package food Labelling on 2 December,2021 at Diamond Hotel, #Varanasi Bade bhai Ashutosh Sinha ji , Shalini Yadav ji present, and all the respected people who are seated on the podium. As I greet all the women present here, mothers and sisters, I give the biggest thanks to Dr. Lenin ji for inviting me to speak on what is the harm caused by packaged food. Packaged food is what? First of all, what does packaged food include? In India, the front of packaged food should have fair labelling. The packaged food should have an image showing that what we eat is a balanced diet, whether nutrients originate from it or not, we should pay attention to all of these things. However, industries that manu...

On 26 February, 2022 Shirin Shabana Khan and Abhimanyu Pratap met with Shri Gaurav Bhatia  , Senior Advocate Supreme Court and National Spokesperson, Bhartiya Janata Party. We discussed on the FOPL. He invited to discuss this issue with him after Uttar Pradesh elections. On 26 February,2022, Abhimanyu and Shirin Shabana Khan  ji met with Shri Deependra Hooda  jii  Senior Leader Indian National Congress & Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha .We discussed on the FOPL. He invited to discuss this issue with him after Uttar Pradesh elections

Today a delegation (Lenin Raghuvanshi, Abhishek Pratap, Shirin Shabana Khan and Abhimanyu) met with Shri Pashupati Nath Paras, Union Cabinet Minister,  Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India . He is currently serving as a member of Lok Sabha from Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)and national President of Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party and Dalit Sena.  We submitted the memorandum for demanding for strong and mandatory FOPL . Mr. Abhishek Pratap provided a suggestion of inclusion of FOPL for schemes of Ministry.  Minister and IAS of Ministry agreed on this and appeal to delegation to come ministry for concrete presentation for further implementation.  

  Meeting held with the following person 21st February, 2022 1.    Meeting held with  Dr. Girish Gupta, National President, All India Food Welfare association and CEO, Foodees Group consultant and Ms. Meenu Arora, Administration Director . a)    They requested to send the content and also our demand (how we are looking at the front of the packet to be designed. They will circulate this information to the  400 food industries  associated with them. Haldiram snacks, Dharampal satyapal and Richfield industries are their customers. Balaji food and  SHRISTI FOOD EQUIPMENTS EXIM PRIVATE LIMITED. b)   They will also share the list of the food industries with us also. c)    They invited us to give training on this issue in  Assocom Institute of Bakery Technology & Management (AIBTM). 2.    Meeting held with  Shri Sumit Singh, Advisor, Strategy and Cooperation, National Cooperative Union of India. We submitt...