Marking World Food Safety Day, to ensure safe food for all, advocacy and research organization PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) urged to immediately finalize and implement the regulations on limiting trans fats in food.
Industrially produced trans fat is a toxic food element that increases the risks of premature deaths from heart diseases. Around 500,000 people die across the globe each year due to trans fat-induced heart diseases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has set the target to eliminate industrially-produced trans fat from the global food supply by 2023. The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority has prepared the draft “Regulations on Trans Fatty Acids Control in Foodstuffs, 2021”, but its finalization is still underway.
Underscoring World Food Safety Day, Executive Director of PROGGA ABM Zubair has said that “There is no alternative of safe food for nurturing a healthy generation. Eliminating trans fat from food can save the lives of thousands and it is also a cost-effective measure for the government. Trans fat must be eliminated from the food chain immediately for ensuring safe food for all.” ♦
