INDIAN CONFECTIONERS AND SWEET BAKERS UPSET OVER PLANNED DRACONIAN HEALTH LABELLING RULES
May 1st, 2018
INDIAN confectionery makers are fearing a slump in sales due to the country’s new ‘traffic light’ food labelling regulation that mandates detailed nutrition information on the front of the pack, along with red dots to denote high sugar, salt or fat content.
“It is going to affect the industry very badly,” Brahma K Gurbani, president of the Indian Confectionery Manufacturers Association, in Mumbai, told Confectionery Production. Compliance with this new regulation “is not possible,” he said.
According to Mr Gurbani, the new regulations will create ...
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