New Delhi, July 27 -- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has recommended setting up a coordinated monitoring mechanism to ensure accurate labelling and prevent misleading claims on packaged food products sold through e-commerce platforms.

In its Fifteenth Report, titled 'Regulation of Packaged Commodities with specific Reference to Sugar Content in Baby Products and other Food Products', tabled in the Lok Sabha, the committee noted that the rapid expansion of online food sales has created challenges in ensuring truthful product disclosures, ANI reported.

It suggested that the Department of Consumer Affairs work in coordination with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSA...