date:Mar 07, 2019
Partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), an ingredient which is a major source of artificial trans fat found in food like margarine, potato chips and fast foods will be banned by the Ministry of Health (MOH), Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health Amrin Amin said in Parliament on Wednesday (Mar 6).
Speaking during his ministrys Committee of Supply debate, he said that artificial trans fat is harmful to health.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), artificial trans fat increases risk