Tanis takes trans-fat-free aeration unit to Interpack

Tanis takes trans-fat-free aeration unit to InterpackIn late February, Israel became the world’s third country to announce plans to impose compulsory labelling of trans fats on products.

All manufacturers in the US will also have to list trans fat content on product nutrition labels after 1 January 2006, while the last few weeks have seen calls for trans fat labelling rules from food safety and consumer groups in France and Australia.

Back in 2003, Denmark actually banned oils and fat from the market if they contained more than two per cent trans fatty acid, effectively banning partially hydrogenated oils.