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Why can’t front-of-pack labels be made mandatory from the ‘get-go’? SC questions FSSAI’s proposal

FSSAI proposed rolling out the label system in two phases—the first for products high in two or more nutrients and the second for those high in any one nutrient.

80 % consumers say FSSAI should mandate labels on fat and sugar

A LocalCircles survey showed that a majority of Indian consumers want warning labels to reflect total nutrient levels rather than limiting metrics to added ingredients alone.

India needs warning labels on junk food. FSSAI’s resistance makes no sense

FSSAI, as regulator, has the responsibility to safeguard the interests of the common people, protecting them from harmful food but its actual actions have been far from satisfactory.

After earful from SC, FSSAI proposes front-of-pack labels for packaged foods with added sugar, fat, salt

FSSAI informs the SC the FoP label would be red-coloured hexagon shape & in a font size one-point larger than what is used in the nutrition table on the back of the pack.

Cockroaches, dirty kitchens, stale food—94% Delhi consumers saw hygiene lapses at restaurants

The survey’s findings coincide with recent inspections by the FSSAI at two five-star hotels in Delhi’s Aerocity, Andaz Delhi and JW Marriott, both of which are linked to venues for the September 2026 BRICS Summit.

No need for raids, whips in Delhi. Many don’t know the rules, says city FSSAI chief

Amid national debates on restaurant hygiene, Delhi FSSAI chooses trust over punishment, promising 99 per cent compliance through awareness.

Mundhe’s crackdown only concerns cleanliness. India’s food safety problem is much bigger

The multinationals are content to profit from India but unwilling to include cigarette-package-style health warnings about high levels of salt, sugar, etc on their products.

Nothing can stop Tukaram Mundhe. He’s after safe food—not restaurants, celebrities or publicity

Tukaram Mundhe joined the IAS in August 2005. In his own words, he is “a man who walked barefoot on farm soil before walking corridors of power”.

Mumbai’s 98-year-old Radio Club loses license over kitchen hygiene lapses

The FDA inspected the Bombay Presidency Radio Club under the direction of Food Safety Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe and found it non-compliant on 47% of the parameters assessed.

Tukaram Mundhe shows food is a big issue in India. Just not in the way BJP thought it was

Does it really harm anyone if a man in Kolkata enjoys his beef biryani? Of course not. But it does harm us when we eat dangerously unsafe food.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.