SC slams Centre &FSSAI, says you can’t take court for a ride

SC
was
hea i g
a
plea
filed
by
NGO
‘3S
a d
Ou
Health
Society’

NEW
DELHI:
The
Sup eme
Cou t
Thu sday
slammed
the
Ce t e
a d
the
Food
Safety
a d
Sta da ds
Autho ity
of
I dia
(FSSAI)
fo
ot
impleme ti g
its
di ectio
o
‘f o t-of-pack
wa i g
labels’
o
p ocessed
food
packages
a d
said
thei
top
p io ity
should
be
the
health
of
citize s
a d
ot
the
i te est
of
MNCs.A
be ch
of
Justices
J
B
Pa diwala
a d
K
Vi od
Cha d a
said
the
cou t
could
ot
be
take
fo
a
ide.
The
be ch
said
its
Feb
o de
was
ot
me ely
a
suggestio
but
a
di ectio
to
FSSAI
which
had
to
be
complied
with.
It
said
FSSAI
was
bowi g
dow
to
the
ma ufactu i g
i dust y
a d
made
it
clea
that
if
the
food
egulato
did ‘t
do
it,
the
cou t
would
pass
a
o de .
It
g a ted
two
weeks
to
FSSAI
to
eco side
its
sta ce.I
Feb,
the
cou t
di ected
the
Ce t e
a d
the
FSSAI
to
give
top
p io ity
to
the
health
co ce s
of
citize s
a d
ot
to
the
i te ests
of
multi atio al
compa ies
a d
asked
it
to
impleme t
a
‘f o t-of-pack
wa i g
labels’
system
o
p ocessed
food
packages
to
e su e
clea ,
f o t-faci g
symbols
desig ed
to
i sta tly
ide tify
i g edie ts
like
suga ,
salt
a d
satu ated
fat,
besides
calo ies.It
also
ejected
the
Ce t e’s
co te tio
that
i te atio al
sta da ds
could
ot
be
applied
i
I dia
a d
asked
whethe
I dia
should
emai
u de developed.SC
was
hea i g
a
plea
filed
by
NGO
‘3S
a d
Ou
Health
Society’.
The
egulato
i fo med
SC
co sultatio s
we e
held
with
all
stakeholde s
i
Ma ch,
a d
a
majo ity
of
i dust y
o ga isatio s
we e
opposed
to
the
i clusio
of
‘wa i g
labels’
a d
favou ed
a
app oach
i te ded
to
e able
i fo med
co sume
decisio s
“without
c eati g
fea
amo g
co sume s”.

The
cou t
asked
govt
to
espo d
withi
two
weeks.
“We
have
made
ou selves
abu da tly
clea
that
we
a e
co ce ed
with
the
health
of
citize s…
We
still
imp ess
upo
the
U io
of
I dia
to
se iously
co side
the
suggestio
a d
take
app op iate
actio .”