In the third quarter of 2017, the Commission is expected to propose to regulate industrial trans fatty acids (TFA) to limit the intake of these by EU consumers, according to the roadmap published by the European institution on 11 October 2016. This initiative is expected to take the form of a Commission regulation.
Trans fatty acids are unsaturated fatty acids present in dairy products, meat and industrially produced vegetable oils; they can lead to coronary heart disease, which is...