Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
4. Eliminating trans fats from India’s food supply is a clear step in the right direction towards creating safer and healthier food systems. Comment. (250 words)
Reference: The Hindu
Why the question:
The FSSAI has amended its rules to put a cap on trans fatty acids (TFAs) in food products just weeks after it tightened the norms for oils and fats.
Key Demand of the question:
To explain about trans fats and why are they harmful for human health and what more needs to be done for global elimination for global elimination of trans fats.
Directive:
Comment– here we have to express our knowledge and understanding of the issue and form an overall opinion thereupon.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Start by defining trans fat in brief.
Body:
In the first part, outline the major impacts of trans fat on the human health. Cite relevant statistic to bring out the risk of death or disability caused by the consumption of trans-fats.
In the next part, write about various initiatives undertaken for the elimination of trans fats globally as well as in India. WHO’s REPLACE, FSSAI gradual reduction over a period of years and example of Denmark.
Write further steps that are needed for the implementation of the guidelines and gradual phasing out the trans fat from India’s food systems.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
