To identify sugar levels in instant drinks labels in red yellow and green

To identify and caution the sugar levels in instant drink bottles labels in red,yellow and green

The director  general of health services Dr Palitha Maheepala issuing a statement to the media had emphasized that on the instructions of the related authorities of the ministry of heath nutrition and inland health services in future all  manufacturers of instant drinks in the form of packets or bottles should affix a label  relevant to the instant drink manufactured for the consumers to identify and ascertain the amount of sugar content in them.

The contents of the Act no 26 of 1980 under section 32 the related label would have to be affixed in relation to the contents of sugar in the drinks.This  would be implemented in future with affect of 1st August was added by the director general of health services Dr Palitha Maheepala.

In this regard if the sugar content is above 11 grams a red label should be affixed while if the sugar content is between 2 and 11 grams a yellow label and for those below 2 grams a green label should be affixed on the bottles or packs.This manner would be made compulsory was what the director general had said.

The director of health services had added that on the instructions of the minister of health Dr Rajitha Senaratne a gazette notification would be issued to prevent non  infectious deceases been spread.

This was added during a meeting of the spreading of non infectious deceases held at the ministry of heath services on the 3rd instant.