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Maharashtra FDA orders tighter regulation of infant foods across the state
The brief
- Maharashtra order requires FSSAI licences and BIS marks for infant foods
- It tightens labelling and promotion rules, and bars advertising, discounts and benefits to health workers
- Tighter compliance may affect Indian infant-food makers and distributors operating in Maharashtra
- Milind Deora backs FSSAI crackdown, says one year is fair for food cos to shift to new labelling
- Front-of-the-pack warning labels : An explainer
- SC Questions FSSAI Over Its Proposed Timeline For Implementation Of Front-Of-Package Labelling
- High sugar, salt or fat? Your packaged food may soon carry a ‘warning symbol’
- Why waste time?: SC rebukes govt over timeline for food warning labels
Maharashtra FDA rules for infant foods
Maharashtra FDA requires infant food packages to carry a “Mother's Milk Is Best” warning. Its order also requires FSSAI licences and BIS marks, tightens labelling and promotion rules, and bars advertising and discounts.
Tuesday, 29 September
- Maharashtra FDA orders tighter regulation of infant foods across the state