EU/WTO REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU TRANSFAT REGULATION RELEASED
May 1st, 2019
THE EUROPEAN Commission has passed a new European Union (EU) regulation that will limit the amount of trans-fats that can be present within food products sold across the EU from April 2021.
This new rule, authorised under powers already granted to the EU executive, will impose a maximum limit of trans-fats of 2 grams per 100 grams of fat, excluding naturally-occurring animal origin trans-fats. Ingredient suppliers to final product manufacturers would have to warn their clients when they provide food inputs that includes trans-fats that breaches this 2% ...
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