EU/WTO REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU PROPOSES TRANS FAT LIMIT
October 1st, 2018
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a draft regulation that would insist that food sold to European Union (EU) consumers contain a maximum 2 grams of trans fat (other than that naturally occurring in animal fat) for every 100 grams of fat.
An expert committee of EU representatives will decide whether to impose the limit via the EU ‘comitology’ process that leaves two months for EU Council of Ministers and European Parliament have two months to make objections. If they do not, the 2 gram limit would become EU law – although manufacturers and ...
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