This section of the site takes a closer look at the 'hot topics' that are currently affecting the use of fats and oils in the food industry.
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When
within the space of one weekend the UK press has headlines like 'Food Firms to
Ban Killer Fats' (Daily Mail, 5 July 2003), 'Cadbury Acts on Fat Fears', and
'Big Food Acts to Forestall Fat Attacks (both from Sunday Times, 6 July 2003),
it is understandable that both the food industry and consumers get very edgy
about what all this means.....
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On
August 3 2003, the new chocolate regulations agreed by the European Parliament
came into force across the whole of the EU. For the first time these permitted
the use of vegetable fats at a level of up to 5% in chocolate in each country
of the EU. Up until then these fats had only been permitted in the UK,
Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, Austria, Sweden and Finland.....
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