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

  On 23 rd June, 2023 a delegation from Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) met with Shri Surajit Dey jee, Registrar of the National Human Rights Commission ( #NHRC ) about warning label #FOPL for ultra- processed foods in context of health of children, youths and women. It is a way to curb down Non communicable diseases ( NCDs ).

 Lenin Raghuvanshi, social activist and CEO of the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVHCR) points out that their survey revealed that at least 10 to 15 per cent of the daily income in these villages including that of communities like Musahars (rat catchers) in Bihar were spent on buying ultra-processed food like wafers, chips and carbonated beverages. The survey featured interviews with over 1,000 people from 330 families living in various villages in Varanasi and Gaya. Processed food is now easily available everywhere. It is also coming in cheaply priced small packets and bottles so that everyone can buy them. There is also an aspirational factor behind this consumption, mainly due to aggressive marketing of these products,” Raghuvanshi tells Happiest Health. He also adds that most of these communities are already malnourished to begin with and by turning towards such unhealthy zero-nutrition food, they are putting themselves at great health risk. “These products have...

  Lenin Raghuvanshi spoke on our work on Dalit and child right with special focus on double burden of malnutrition, use of unregulated ultra proceed Packet foods, Non Communicable disease and need of warning label FOPL https://newjport.com/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8C-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AC-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE/