New Delhi, June 7 -- Do you wrap food in newspaper or eat street snacks such as vada pav, pakodas, and samosas served in newspaper packaging? If so, you may be exposing yourself to health risks you never considered.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recently warned about the health risks and the harmful impact of eating fried food served or wrapped in newspapers. One must not even use a newspaper to soak up excessive oil in the food.

The food authority has repeatedly warned citizens about the health risks associated with eating food wrapped in a newspaper.

The FSSAI warned in its 2016 advisory, "Wrapping food in newspapers is an unhealthy practice, and the consumption of such food is injurious to health, even if the food...