IN INDIA THE FRONT OF PACKAGED SHOULD HAVE FAIR LABELLING: ADVOCATE SUDHA CHAURASIA, BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY (BSP) LEADER

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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 manufacture and sell packaged food and beverages have no concern for public health. All of them are thinking about running their industries, but we as consumers have to pay attention to what problems can arise after we eat packaged foods and whether or not we should consume packaged foods like pizza, burger, chips, kurkure and namkeen. In recent years, it has been revealed that kurkure contains plastic, and it smells like plastic when it is burned, but kids still love it. I object to my children eating kurkure. I won't allow them to eat it in my presence. But when I come out of my home they immediately buy from the shop. It’s harming them. Further, she said, “Packaged food causes all kinds of diseases, like stomach disorders, cancer, and diabetes. Earlier, the children were fed a balanced diet prepared at home. Our attention is not focused on what is happening. At home the children were fed balanced diet that was prepared at home. A balanced diet contained all the nutrients, minerals, and nutrients, and today. In the olden days, people had a balanced diet, all those things were present in it, but today, we are seeing that our environment has become polluted, the air, food, and drinks contains full of chemicals. Manure is added to the soil at the farm to grow vegetables. We are discussing the front of the packet labelling (FOPL) here, and we have decided to launch a campaign against the unregulated packaged food, refusing to consume the packaged foods that are being sold. We will begin removing packaged food from our lifestyle until it is labelled so we can see if it is edible or not. Food manufacturing units are now putting preservatives into food items that are kept for months and years. Be it tomato ketchup, chips, namkeen etc. Thank you very much to PVCHR, we all will support PVCHR by supporting this campaign, I thank everyone. Jai Hind Jai Bharat