The World Health Organization (WHO) has named Thailand as one of five countries that have successfully eradicated trans-fatty acids in the food industry.
The award recognizes the country’s endeavour to fight against industrially produced trans-fatty acids (iTFA), including a ban imposed in 2019, according to Lertchai Lertwut, deputy secretary-general of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
He says scientific research has proven that trans-fatty acids increase the risk of developing heart and coronary artery disease by 28%.
Heart disease causes around 60,000 of the 500,000 deaths recorded annually in Thailand.
The “Thailand is Free of iFTA” campaign, launched in 2019 by the FDA and the Institute of Nutrition at Mahidol University, aims to ban the production, import and distribution of foods that contain oils that have undergone a partially hydrogenated process (trans fat).
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