Experts presented on the TFA elimination policies of Argentina, Canada and Denmark in a roundtable held by NCDA and Resolve to Save Lives (an initiative of Vital Strategies) this week in Geneva. 

NCDA has teamed up with Resolve to Save Lives in support of the WHO's REPLACE action package, a guide to the elimination of industrially-produced trans fat.

Trans-fats, a major contributor to cardiovascular diseases & other NCDs, contributing to an estimated half a million deaths every year, the target of new WHO action package, REPLACE.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized on 16 June 2015 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