Tag: trans fat

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  WHO welcomes Food & Beverage lobby commitment to eliminate trans fat by 2023

  

  The World Health Organization has welcomed the commitment by the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) to align with the WHO target to eliminate industrially produced trans fat from the global food supply by 2023.

• Sunday, June 21st 2015 - 14:27 UTC

  US gives food manufacturers until 2018 to remove artificial 'trans' fats

  

  Based on a thorough review of the scientific evidence, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized its determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial 'trans' fat in processed foods, are not “generally recognized as safe” or GRAS for use in human food. Food manufacturers will have three years to remove PHOs from products, said FDA.