Elimination of industrial Trans Fatty Acids from the food supply chain: With a focus on India
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: • Industrial Trans Fatty Acids (i-TFAs) in food chain are threats to human health. • Elimination of i-TFAs is a challenge for global governments and agencies. • Testing limitation, trained experts, unpackaged food sale are prominent challenges. • Developing countries have local challenges for zero i-TFA goals in food chain. • Public awareness drives about food labeling are crucial to overcome the challenge. With the growing health concerns of Industrial Trans Fatty Acids (i-TFAs) present in food, efforts are being made to eliminate these Trans Fatty Acids (TFAs) from food chain. Even after three decades of research which linked the i-TFAs and human health, getting rid of these from food supply chain is still a dream for major countries around the globe. Countries are struggling hard to convey the related scientific findings to the common public aiming to eliminate i-TFAs from food supply chain. Government and non-government organisations throughout the globe have implemented several regulatory measures to get rid of the Industrial i-TFAs from the diet. In the case of India, removing these TFAs from the food supply chain would need a multi-sectoral, proactive effort at the consumer and production levels. The paper aims to assess and give an overview of the i-TFAs to critically analyse the elimination efforts of i-TFAs from the dietary supply chain with a focus on India. The obstacles and challenges in the elimination process of industrial Trans Fatty acids from food chain are discussed which are relevant to the developing countries like India.
Source: Food Chemistry Advances
Authors: Birendra Kumar Paliwal, Meher Wan
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,750
OpenAlex ID: W4402707715