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Norms for trans fat in vanaspati to be fixed [1]

Alarmed over the steep increase in obesity-related ailments in India, the Centre is planning norms for trans-fatty acid content in vanaspati oil by limiting it to 10 per cent and bring it down to five per cent in the next two years.

Along with this, the government also plans to introduce mandatory labelling providing information on saturated fat and trans fatty acids content on packs of vanaspati oil, hydrogenated vegetable oil, edible oil and other products containing TFA.

Publication Date: 
19/01/2012
Teena Thacker [2]
Asian Age (New Delhi) [3]
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Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI) [4], Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 [5], Edible Oils [6], Health Effects [7], CSE [8], Denmark [9], Health [10]
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