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- The Karnataka government, through its Food Safety and Drug Administration, has issued an advisory prohibiting the sale, distribution, advertisement and promotion of foods high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) in schools and colleges and within a 50-metre radius of educational institutions.
- The move aims to create healthier food environments for students amid rising childhood obesity and lifestyle-related illnesses, as inspections found easy availability of processed snacks and sugary beverages around schools.
- The advisory builds on FSSAI's 2020 regulations but extends restrictions beyond campuses to vendors outside school gates.
- Experts cited in the report say the measure could help shape healthier lifelong eating habits and reduce risks of diabetes, hypertension and heart disease.
What to watch next
- How effectively the advisory is enforced, since similar provisions already existed under the 2020 FSSAI regulations.
- Whether vendors and food businesses within the 50-metre radius comply with the restrictions.
- Whether other states follow Karnataka's approach or the Supreme Court's pending consideration of warning labels for HFSS packaged foods leads to wider regulation.
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Named India · Aster CMI Hospital · Food Safety and Drug Administration · Food Safety and Standards Authority of India · Karnataka Government · N. Karthik Nagesh · Rebecca Kuriyan Raj · St. John’s Research Institute · Sylvia Karpagam
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