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Today Tonight story on trans fatty acids

3 August 2007

Today Tonight broadcast a story on 2 August 2007 stating they had a secret report on trans fatty acids. This report has been on the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) website since May 2007 when the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council accepted the report’s recommendation see http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/newsroom/mediareleases/mediareleases2007/4may2007jointcommuni3548.cfm . For information about the action FSANZ is taking to reduce trans fatty acids in the food supply see http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/newsroom/factsheets/factsheets2007/transfattyacidsmay203552.cfm