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Countdown to 2023: WHO report on global trans-fat elimination 2020
September 15 , 2020
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- 58 countries so far have introduced laws that will protect 3.2 billion people from the harmful substance by the end of 2021.
- But more than 100 countries still need to take actions to remove these harmful substances from their food supplies.
- 15 countries account for approximately two thirds of the worldwide deaths linked to trans-fat intake.
- Of these 15, four - Canada, Latvia, Slovenia, United States of America have implemented WHO-recommended best-practice policies since 2017.
- The remaining 11 countries (Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iran, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Republic of Korea) still need to take urgent action.
India’s action
- In 2011, India passed regulations that set a TFA limit of 10% in oils and fats, which was further reduced to 5% in 2015.
- In December 2018, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) proposed reducing this limit to 2% and eliminating industrially produced TFA in the food supply by 2022, a year ahead of the global target.
- In August 2019, the FSSAI proposed aligning India’s regulations with global best practice and notified for public comment draft regulations that apply the 2% TFA limit to all food products by January 2022.
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