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Speed up global ban on industrial trans fats in food

  1. Igor Pravst

    1. Nutrition Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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I suggest that the food industry should be subject to a time limit for removing hazards identified in the global food system (see L. Haddad Nature 556, 19–22; 2018). For example, we have known for decades that industrially processed trans-fatty acids (TFAs) in food are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Although TFAs can be removed from the food supply efficiently, in many countries these still persist (see, for example, S. Stender et al. BMJ Open 6, e010673; 2016).

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Nature 560, 307 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05953-w

Competing Interests

I.P. is a leader of the Slovenian national research programme ‘Nutrition and Public Health’ (P3-0395) funded by the Slovenian Research Agency, and of the national research project ‘Trans Fats in Food in Slovenia’ (L3-7538), funded by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovenian Research Agency and Mercator. The funding organizations had no role in writing the submitted Correspondence.

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