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Package deal: Current system of food labelling in India makes it tough to decipher facts

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While some key considerations are taken in developing a FoPL system in a country, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) has undertaken work on FoPL. Codex is a collection of internationally recognised standards, codes of practice, guidelines, and other recommendations published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) relating to food, food production, food labelling, and food safety.

For Madhu Tyagi, it is always a Herculean task to decipher the nutritional values ​​or any other information related to content that are imprinted on food packets. Being gluten intolerant, the mother of a two-year-old child particularly looks out for products that have allergy warnings. “I am not sure how much sugar is in my … Read more