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.
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To finance NCD care, break harmful paradigms
29th September 2022
MEMBER BLOG: Faced with major global problems like the ones we are experiencing, people and governments must be bold to break harmful paradigms that put the interests of large businesses above the protection of populations.
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Mexico to move forward towards elimination of industrially produced trans fatty acids (iTFA)
07th June 2021
To reduce global consumption of TFAs, the WHO recommends that all countries eliminate industrially-produced TFA (iTFAs) from their national food supply.