Trans Fats

• Health and Nutrition claims on new food products increasing

  

  A U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (USDA ERS) study shows that 43% of new food products in 2010 carried at least one health- and nutrition-related claim, compared to 25% of new products in 2001.»

  United States

  March 18, 2013

• La salud europea está en riesgo por las grasas trans de la comida procesada

  

  La salud del corazón de millones de europeos aún se encuentra en riesgo debido al alto contenido de ácidos grasos trans de algunos alimentos rápidos y procesados. Aunque los niveles globales han disminuido, pocos países tienen una limitación legal en...»

  European Union

  September 18, 2012

• Restaurants' trans fat bans may have positive health effects

  Reductions in restaurants’ use of trans fats may have played a role in declining levels of the fats in the blood of white American adults between 2000 and 2009, a Centers for Disease Control study found Wednesday. The level of trans...»

  United States

  February 13, 2012

  In this Item:
  KFC, Burger King

• Canada: Trans fat rules rejected as burden on food industry

  Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq is standing firm Tuesday on taking a voluntary approach with the food industry on trans fat, even though newly released documents show her department was ready to impose regulations in 2009. Documents obtained by the Centre for...»

  Canada

  February 07, 2012

• Omega-9 Oils from Dow AgroSciences Remove 1 Billion Pounds of Bad Fats from Diet

  

  Omega-9 Oils from Dow AgroSciences have helped remove over 1 billion pounds of saturated and trans fats from the North American diet with beneficial economic and nutritional impact on the food industry. »

  United States

  May 23, 2011

  In this Item:
  Dow Agrosciences (Dow Chemical Company)

• Jan. 1, 2011: 2nd phase of California trans fat ban to take effect

  

  California restaurants must end trans fat use by Jan. 1. That's when the second phase of its ban on artificial trans fats takes effect. The first phase took effect Jan. 1, 2010. California became the first state to ban artificial...»

  United States

  December 23, 2010

  In this Item:
  National Restaurant Association (NRA)

• ARS is breeding more heart healthy (high oleic) soybean lines

  

  Products made from soy oil stand to benefit from two new germplasm lines that produce high levels of oleic acid, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and university scientists.According to molecular biologist Kristin Bilyeu with USDA's Agricultural Research Service...»

  United States

  September 16, 2010

  In this Item:
  ARS (Agricultural Research Service, USDA)

• Brasil: Límites en la publicidad de alimentos sacuden a las potencias del mercado

  La Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria de Brasil, Anvisa, recientemente dictaminó que la publicidad de bebidas refrescantes y comida rica en grasas saturadas o grasas trans, azúcar y sodio cambiará. Para final de 2010, la industria se tendrá que...»

  Brazil

  August 21, 2010

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