FSSAI has issued directions dated 7 January 2021 regarding enforcement of maximum limits of trans fatty acids in Vegetable Oil/Fats products under Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Tenth Amendment Regulations, 2020. FSSAI has invited reference to the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Tenth Amendment Regulations, […]
FSSAI Participated in an International Webinar on Strategies to Eliminate Industrially Produced Trans Fatty Acids
The NCD Alliance in collaboration with Resolve to Save Lives presented a high-level virtual international webinar on 17 November 2020. The topic under discussion was strategies to eliminate industrially-produced trans fatty acids (iTFA) from the global food supply. The event was moderated by Dr Francesco Branca, Director of WHO’s Department of Nutrition for Health and […]
FSSAI Strives for India to Obtain Freedom from Fats by 2022
FSSAI recently held a meeting with Vanaspati and edible oil manufacturers, public health experts and consumer organizations as FSSAI has, in principle, decided to bring down the trans-fatty acids (TFA) in Vanaspati/bakery shortenings/margarine to less than 2% in a phased manner. This would effectively bring down the level of trans fats to zero in food […]