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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, in a compliance affidavit filed before the Supreme Court on 28 August 2026, proposed a red hexagonal front of pack warning label for packaged foods high in added saturated fat, sugar or salt, based on thresholds set out in the Dietary Guidelines for Indians, 2024, issued by ICMR's National Institute of Nutrition. The rollout is proposed in two phases, with the first covering products high in two or more of the specified nutrients and the second extending the warning to products high in even one. Single ingredient foods and products inherently rich in these nutrients, such as ghee, edible oil, salt, sugar, jaggery and honey, are proposed to be exempted. The affidavit came in response to a Supreme Court bench hearing a public interest litigation filed by the NGO 3S and Our Health Society.