trans fats
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5 countries recognised for their efforts to be Trans Fat Free in new WHO validation programme
12th January 2024
Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and Thailand are the first five countries to receive a validation certificate of Trans Fat Elimination by the WHO, which formally recognises countries that have eliminated industrially produced trans fats from their foods.
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A celebratory occasion: Mexico's law for the elimination of industrially-produced trans fatty acids enters into force
02nd October 2023
On Wednesday 20 September, we celebrated the entry into force of a law for the elimination of industrially-produced trans fatty acids in Mexico.
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Consensus for health: no more trans fats in Mexico
13th June 2023
Demonstrating that it is possible to attain the ideal, civil society and the Mexican government reached a legislative consensus to remove trans fatty acids from the food supply in Mexico.
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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.