, Oct. 15 -- Speakers at a webinar on Wednesday called for the swift finalisation of the draft food labelling regulation, stressing that mandatory warning labels on packaged foods are essential to protect public health and curb diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

They also urged the government to ensure that the proposed regulation remain free from food industry interference, said a press release issued on Thursday.

The recommendations were made at a webinar titled "Front-of-Pack Warning Labels on Ultra-Processed Foods: Progress, Barriers, and the Way Forward", organised by research and advocacy organisation PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress), with support from the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), marking World Food Day ...