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Indian health activists lodge concerns about food warning proposal in court

New Delhi: Indian activists spearheading calls for food labelling said a government proposal ​to have red warnings only when ​two concerning nutrients are high created an "industry-friendly loophole" disregarding public health, marking ​the first formal court objection to the plan.

India's proposal to implement red warning labels has jolted the more than $100 billion packaged food and drink industry that long opposed such measures, but it is also angering activists who have ‌publicly criticised the ⁠plan as ⁠too lenient, Reuters reported last week.

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