Can you prove every claim on your food label? Here’s what FSSAI rules require
A “high protein” or “no added sugar” claim on a food label is a legal statement, not a marketing line. Under FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) rules, every nutrition claim, health claim, and allergen declaration must be backed by verifiable data, or the product is non-compliant the day it reaches the shelf.
Nilesh Amritkar, Managing Director of Envirocare Labs, unpacks this requirement in a newly published article, mapping out what food business operators (FBOs) need to do under the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 and the Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018. The article explains why laboratory testing is the evidence base behind label claims, and how it protects FBOs from compliance action, product recalls, and loss of consumer trust.
It also walks through front-of-pack labelling (FOPL), the mandatory nutritional declarations FBOs often miss, common labelling errors seen across the packaged food industry, and a pre-launch checklist for new products.
Food nutritional labelling checklist: 14 mandatory things every packaged food must have
Use this checklist to review your label against FSSAI’s mandatory requirements before your next product goes to print.
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