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Advice ignored repeatedly, plan afoot to ban junk food at schools

New Delhi: Soon, junk food will go completely off the menu at school canteens with Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) proposing to ban food items like burgers, pizzas, chowmein and french fries from December.

Several guidelines have been made in the past to check the consumption of food items, which are of little or no nutritional value, by children. But they continue to be available at school cafeterias. With the proposed ban coming into effect from December, one can expect a “healthy change” at city’s schools… (ET Healthworld – TNN, November 11, 2019)