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‘Mention Palm Oil Content on Labels of Food Products’
‘Mention Palm Oil Content on Labels of Food Products’
31/07/2017 (Times Of India) - All packaged food products should mention the exact content of palm oil on their labels for consumer information.
This was suggested at an inter-ministerial meeting on agriculture issues on Thursday considering that labels on packaging of most food items simply mention 'edible oil', which is misleading.
Sources said that one of the representatives from government thintank Niti Aayog suggested at the meeting on Thursday that the food safety regulator, FSSAI, should ask manufacturers and importers to mention how much is the share of palm oil in packaged products.
There have been debates for years on the good and bad effects of palm oil on human health. While some experts say vegetable oils should be the first choice as they are naturally liquid at room temperature, researchers from countries that are major producer of palm oil have rejected that it raises cholesterol.
This was suggested at an inter-ministerial meeting on agriculture issues on Thursday considering that labels on packaging of most food items simply mention 'edible oil', which is misleading.
Sources said that one of the representatives from government thintank Niti Aayog suggested at the meeting on Thursday that the food safety regulator, FSSAI, should ask manufacturers and importers to mention how much is the share of palm oil in packaged products.
There have been debates for years on the good and bad effects of palm oil on human health. While some experts say vegetable oils should be the first choice as they are naturally liquid at room temperature, researchers from countries that are major producer of palm oil have rejected that it raises cholesterol.