By Ratna Bhushan & Rasul BailayS Sanandakumar, ET Bureau NEW DELHI| KOCHI: The Kerala government has proposed a 14.5 per cent ‘fat tax’ on burgers, pizzas and other junk food served in branded restaurants which officials from the quick service industry termed as ‘detrimental’ to consumption while some indicated the levy may not be passed on to customers. Fat tax on junk food, a reality in European countries such as Denmark and Hungary, looks out of place in a market barely recovering from a six-quarter back-to-back slump in eating out. “The move is business-unfriendly. It calls…
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