Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:21pm on 25 Aug 2026,Tuesday Education
The Rajasthan High Court has banned the sale of high-fat, high-sugar and high-salt (HFSS) food, including carbonated drinks, chips and trans-fat-containing bakery products, in school canteens and within 50 metres of school gates. A Jodhpur bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand also directed every school to establish a food safety and nutrition committee comprising teachers, parents and students within four weeks. Canteens must display calorie counts, ingredients and nutritional information within eight weeks and implement traffic-light labelling. The court directed the state to detail implementation of 2020 safe-food regulations and ensure balanced-diet standards for mid-day meals. It also flagged excessive screen time, paper leaks and inadequate rural school infrastructure. (PC: Money Control)
