Law Updates

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Summary: Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) will introduce a new health star rating (HSR) Under this, the packaged food products in India will soon be labelled officially with this HSR The rating will be the first such in India The objective of the HSR format is to guide consumers to opt for healthy food. The HSR format will rank packaged food items based on salt, sugar and fat content and the rating will be printed on the front of the package Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad recommended HSR as the most preferred format by Indian consumers under a new policy on front of Packaging Labeling in India