Hyderabad, Oct. 12 -- A Hyderabad-based NGO has filed a petition against the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India for allegedly interfering with food warning labels.

Despite the Supreme Court declining FSSAI's proposed timeline for implementing front-of-pack nutrition warning labels (FoPNL), the regulator, in its fresh submission on October 1, maintained that the system should roll out from July 1, after a minimum 1-year transition period from the date of notification, citing recommendations of a high-level NITI Aayog committee.

The authority had earlier sought four months to formulate and notify the FoPNL regulations, followed by a one-year voluntary compliance period for food businesses.

However, this, according to the NGO, w...