Food firms, activists at war over junk food

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Food firms, activists at war over junk food [1]

Companies such as HUL, Nestle, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Dabur argue there can't be any such category Fast food-burgers

Even as the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) attempts to put in place a final set of guidelines on healthy food in educational institutions, top packaged food & beverage companies and food safety activists are at loggerheads over the issue.

Publication Date:

27/09/2013

Author(s): Viveat Susan Pinto [2]

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi) [3]

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