Vegetarian and non-vegetarian marks

Vegetarian and non-vegetarian marks
The green dot symbol (left) identifies vegetarian food, and the brown dot symbol (right) identifies non-vegetarian food.
Effective region	India
Effective since	2006
Product category	Packaged food products
Legal status	Mandatory
Mandatory since	2011

Packaged food products sold in India are required to be labelled with a mandatory mark in order to be distinguished between lacto-vegetarian and non-vegetarian.^[1] The symbol is in effect following the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Act of 2006, and got a mandatory status after the framing of the respective regulations (Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulation) in 2011.^[1] According to the law, vegetarian food should be identified by a green symbol and non-vegetarian food with a brown symbol.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. 'Food Safety and standards (Packaging and Labelling) regulations, 2011.'. Index page

External links

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

Certification marks in India
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Veganism and vegetarianism

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Veganism	Animal-free agriculture Fruitarianism History of veganism Juice fasting Low-carbon diet Raw veganism Vegan nutrition Vegan organic gardening
Vegetarianism	Economic vegetarianism Environmental vegetarianism History of vegetarianism Lacto vegetarianism Ovo vegetarianism Ovo-lacto vegetarianism Vegetarian cuisine Vegetarian Diet Pyramid Vegetarian ecofeminism Vegetarian nutrition Vegetarianism by country
Semi-vegetarianism	Macrobiotic diet Pescetarianism
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Ethics

Secular	Animal rights Animal welfare Carnism Deep ecology Environmental vegetarianism Ethics of eating meat Meat paradox Nonviolence Speciesism Tirukkuṛaḷ
Religious	Ahimsa Buddhist vegetarianism Christian vegetarianism Diet in Hinduism Diet in Sikhism Ital (Rastafari) Jain vegetarianism Jewish vegetarianism Pythagorean diet Sattvic diet

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Vegetarian and non-vegetarian marks

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