SC slams Centre &FSSAI, says you can’t take court for a ride

SC was hearing a plea filed by NGO '3S and Our Health Society'NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday slammed the Centre and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for not implementing its direction on 'front-of-pack warning labels' on processed food packages and said their top priority should be the health of citizens and not the interest of MNCs.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran said the court could not be taken for a ride. The bench said its Feb order was not merely a suggestion but a direction to FSSAI which had to be complied with. It said FSSAI was bowing down to the manufacturing industry and made it clear that if the food regulator didn't do it, the court would pass an order. It granted two weeks to FSSAI to reconsider its stance.In Feb, the cou