Ministry Of Health Issued A Gazette Notification On Using Colorful Labels In Soft Drink Bottles/Cannes To Indicate Sugar Levels In Them

The Ministry Of Health,Nutrition And Indigenous Medicine has issued a gazette notification indicating in future local Soft Drink Manufacturers should pasted   Colorful  Labels  in Soft Drink Bottles/Cans   to symbolize the amount of sugar that contained in them .

This Gazette Notification is due to come into  effect on 01st of August according to Director General Of Health Services Dr.Palitha Mahipala,

Accordingly the Gazette Notification instructed the Soft Drink Manufacturers to use Red Colored Labels for Soft Drinks which contained more than 11 grammes of sugar,yellow colored labels for Soft Drinks contained  sugar level between 2 grammes to 11 grammes and green colored labels for Soft Drinks contained less than 2 grammes of sugar Dr.Mahipala has stressed.

By addressing a media briefing on 'Preventing Non Communicable Diseases in the Society" held at Health Education Bureau in Colombo yesterday(03) the Director General Of Health Services has stressed that the aim of the above mentioned gazette notification is to prevent the spreading of non communicable diseases in the society.

The Health Ministry had already  discussed with local soft drink manufacturers  on using colorful labels to indicate the sugar levels contained in soft drinks  he has further stated.