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As obesity rises, Supreme Court puts govt on notice over junk food labels

As obesity rises, Supreme Court puts govt on notice over junk food labelsWorldPing

The order, in response to a PIL filed by NGO ‘3S and Our HEALTH Society’ which moved SC through advocate Rajiv Shankar Dvivedi, comes as govt has seemed reluctant to implement front-of-pack warning labels on junk food.

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