Junk foods will soon have labels warning of high salt, sugar and fat

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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, created in 2006 to unify a fragmented regulatory landscape, has improved standard-setting but continues to struggle with enforcement, particularly street food, small manufacturers and adulteration in staples. A long-running fight over mandatory front-of-pack warning labels for high sugar, salt and fat products, resisted by the packaged food industry, remains unresolved years after being proposed. India's nutrition transition is outpacing its regulatory capacity.