New Delhi, April 9 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday set a three-month deadline for the Central government to come up with fresh amendments in India's food safety regulations to ensure that warning labels are attached to food wrappers.

Noting that the Union government has decided to undertake necessary amendments in the Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSAI) labelling and display regulations, 2020, a bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan disposed of the public interest litigation (PIL) that had sought directions for mandating "Front-of-Package Warning Labels on Packaged Foods".

"We dispose of with a direction to the expert committee to prepare its recommendations and submit a report in that regard at the earliest so tha...