On Thursday 29 September, the European Parliament’s environment committee called for the establishment of legal values for trans fats (or trans fatty acids - TFA) on public health grounds. A draft resolution to this effect was passed by a wide majority (60 in favour and 2 against).
Saturated fatty acids are found in dairy products and meat, along with industrially-manufactured vegetable oils, and can cause heart disease – which kill nearly 660,000 people a year in the European Union. ...