MEPs have long been of the view that trans-fatty acids (TFAs) in industrially produced foods should be regulated in the EU. To curb this veritable scourge for consumer health in Europe, the European Parliament sitting in Strasbourg called on Wednesday 26 October for a legal limit to be set by EU law on these toxic substances (see EUROPE 11636).
MEPs voted by the overwhelming majority of 586 to 19, with 38 abstentions, for such a limit and called on the European Commission to establish an...