iTFA
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Mexican lawmakers ban use of trans fats, which cause 13,000 deaths a year in the country
13th February 2023
Mexico’s Parliament has banned the use of trans fats, a common ingredient in processed foods and a major cause of cardiovascular disease and stroke in the country and worldwide.
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Trans Fats: the silent killer in your food
19th April 2022
The World Health Organization has called for global elimination of industrial trans fat by 2023 with the REPLACE initiative.
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Dismantling remaining barriers to be trans fat free by 2023
16th October 2020
This virtual event, organised by NCD Alliance and Resolve to Save Lives will focus on what is working well in industrially produced trans fatty acids (iTFA) elimination strategies with a particular regional focus, and on where gaps to achieve iTFA elimination still exist.