Lucknow, Sept. 27 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has made it mandatory for sweet manufacturers and sellers to display the "use by date" on sweets kept for sale from October 15, 2026, in a move aimed at improving food safety and protecting consumer interests.
The Food Safety and Drug Administration Department said the provision would apply particularly to loose sweets, for which there was previously no mandatory requirement to display the final date by which they should be consumed.
The department said the move would ensure that buyers have clear information about the freshness and usable period of sweets.
According to the department, inspections of sweet manufacturing and selling establishments found that consumers were often not provid...