Rajya Sabha Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan urged the government to mandate prominent display of information about sugar, salt and additives on the front part of the packaged food with colour codes for better understanding of people.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the House, Congress MP said the country is facing a serious health crisis.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, around 100 million people in the country are suffering from diabetes, she said.
“If the front of the packet itself uses red-yellow-green colours to indicate which elements are present in higher or lower amounts, then any person can easily understand it,” Ranjan said.
She demanded a clear and effective policy on packaged food, and information about the food items should be on the front of the packet in clear and large letters. The Congress member asked the government to make a colour code warning system on food packets in line with the WHO recommendations mandatory.
PTI
