“This regulation is the result of years of work and partnership between the Federal Ministry of Health Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) the Network for Health Equity and Development Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) and Resolve to Save Lives. Already, nearly half of the world’s population is covered by trans fat free policies. “Not only would passing best practice policies help to reduce the burden of heart disease throughout Africa, but it would inhibit the dumping of unhealthy foods into Africa as the rest of the world passes policies to ban the toxic food additive. As the most populous country in Africa, Nigeria has set a powerful example for other African nations that wish to protect the heart health of their people and reach for a trans fat-free Africa. NEW YORK, USA, -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- “We congratulate Nigeria on the passage of its new best practice trans fat elimination policy, which will save approximately 1,200 lives per year.
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