The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has notified an amendment to the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sales) Regulations on December 29, 2020.
- The amendment has capped the amount of trans fatty acids (TFA) in oils and fats to 3 percent for 2021 and 2% by 2022 from the current permissible limit of 5 percent.
- The revised regulation applies to edible refined oils, vanaspati (partially hydrogenated oils), margarine, bakery shortenings and other mediums of cooking such as vegetable fat spreads and mixed fat spreads.
- Transfats are associated with an increased risk of heart attacks and death from coronary heart disease.
- The WHO has also called for the global elimination of transfats by 2023.
(Source: The Hindu)
