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Junk Food and Emerging Food Laws

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Junk Food and Emerging Food Laws Junk Food, Children Health and Role of Policy and Law Makers What should be India’s approach to minimize the Impact of Junk food on Public Health? By: Priyanka Sardana Advocate and Patent Attorney  Vice President, Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi & Vijay Sardana PGDM (IIM-A), M.Sc. (Food Tech.)(CFTRI), B.Sc. (Dairy Tech.) PG Diploma in International Trade Law and ADR (ILI), Justice (Harvard) Leading International Agri-Food Business and Policy Expert Convenor, Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture Foundation, New Delhi Table of Contents: Why this article, now? Why products with negative nutrition impact are considered as “food”? Right to Balanced and Nutritious Food is part of Fundamental Human Right Protein-calorie ratio is vital for good health: Role of Shareholders and Corporate Governance: Lobbing to influence policies is the norm in Junk food trade: W