India's food safety regulator FSSAI has proposed banning added sucrose and fructose in foods for infants up to six months old. The draft amendment is open for public consultation and aims to strengthen nutritional safeguards and support appropriate infant feeding
India has prohibited sugar exports till September 30, 2026, under a new DGFT notification. However, exports to the European Union and the US under tariff quota schemes, along with certain authorised and government shipments, have been kept outside the scope of the ban.
