FSSAI has directed all the commissioners of food safety of all states/UTs to identify manufacturers/processors of edible oils who are not complying to the gazetted notification No. 4/15015/30/2011 dated 4th august 2015, wherein the limit of trans fat allowed in Interesterified Vegetable Fat/Oil, Margarine and Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil was reduced from 10% to 5%.
The timeline for compliance was extended upto 27th February 2017. Now since the deadline has passed, FSSAI has directed all the commissioners of food safety of all states/UTs to verify its compliance and submit the following report by 30th September 2017.
The timeline for compliance was extended upto 27th February 2017. Now since the deadline has passed, FSSAI has directed all the commissioners of food safety of all states/UTs to verify its compliance and submit the following report by 30th September 2017.
- Data on trans fats in Interesterified Vegetable Fat/Oil, Margarine and Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
- Report from the FBOs on technological changes, if any, carried out to bring down the trans fatty acids.
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