Indian schools to ban junk food in 2013

By Ankush Chibber, 30-Aug-2012

Junk food will be banned from sale in and around Indian schools after India’s food agency indicated it would follow guidance from a local court to restrict their availability.

In a reply to the Delhi High Court, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said it had heeded the court’s direction to formulate the standards on quality and safe food in schools.The FSSAI has appointed AC Nielsen to formulate the standards after inviting proposals from various expert agencies that do similar work.In January, the same court gave the FSSAI a period of six months to frame standards on the sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around educational institutions in the country.

New guidelines by early next year

The new guidelines will be completed by Mar 22 next year, the date the court has set for another hearing on the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) under which a non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Uday Foundation, sought a direction banning sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around schools

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