反式脂肪消除技术咨询小组和验证会议报告2024年7月至12月

Contents List of acronyms.................................................................................................................2Background........................................................................................................................3Meeting 1: Online meeting July 25, 2024..............................................................................3Opening of 2024 Validation cycle....................................................................................................3Evaluation of remaining country applications from 2023 cycle......................................................4Updates on the changes to validation process...............................................................................4Additional supporting material for applicants................................................................................4Meeting 2: In-person meeting December 2-3, 2024..............................................................5Opening and Welcome....................................................................................................................5Session 1: TFA Validation Programme.............................................................................................5Progress Summary TFA Validation Applications..............................................................................5Proposed Scoring System for Validation.........................................................................................6Evaluation of country applications..................................................................................................6Session 2: Strategy for validation programme and TFA elimination...............................................8TFA validation programme manual.................................................................................................8Strategy for TFA elimination............................................................................................................9Strategy for Validation Programme.................................................................................................9 List of acronyms TFATrans fatsTFATAGWHO Trans Fat Elimination Technical Advisory GroupWHOWorld Health Organization Background The elimination of industrially producedtrans fats(TFA) is crucial for protectingpublichealth andsaving lives. In 2018, WHO released the REPLACE action framework for TFA elimination1and subsequently its six modules in 2019, to support Member States in eliminating industrially producedTFA from their national food supplies and to replace these with healthier oils and fats. At the end of2023, WHO-recommended policies were in effect in 53 countries, covering 3.7 billion people or 46%of the world’s population,up from just6%fiveyears ago2. In 2023, WHO established theWHO Validation Programme for Trans Fat Elimination,whichrecognizes Member States for having a normative framework in place to eliminate industriallyproduced TFA from their national food supplies by granting them a WHO Validation certificate ofTrans Fat Elimination. The first Cycle of the Validation Programme,held in 2023,awarded this In 2024, the WHO Secretariatconvenedtwo meetingswith the TFA Elimination Technical AdvisoryGroup (TFATAG) to review the remaining applications from thefirstcycle andevaluatenew This reportsummarized thediscussions, recommendations and decisions stemming from theTFATAGmeetings held on 25thof July 2024(online)and 2nd–3rdof December 2024(in-person). The agendaand list of participants for both meetings are included in Annexes 1 and 2. Meeting 1:Onlinemeeting July 25, 2024 The objectives of thismeetingwereto: 1.Discuss the timeline for pending applications to thevalidationprogrammeand opening of2024 validation cycle.2.Review and evaluate the pending applications from the 2023 cycle of the validation Opening of 2024 Validation cycle Dr Luz Maria De Regil, Unit Head, Multisectoral Action in food Systems Unit,Nutrition and FoodSafety Department,welcomed the participants and provided the opening remarks.She beganthemeetingbyintroducingthe new WHO Secretariat membersand highlighted that thepast monthshadbeen a period of transition for the trans fat work. Dr De Regilalsomentioned notableareas ofprogress,including the Launch of the“Countdown to 2023: WHO 5-year milestone report on global trans fat elimination 2023”report,thecompletion of theTFA Validation Programme AwardCeremony held in January 2024,andadvancementrelated to countrylaboratory capacity building. Dr Juliawati Untoro, Scientist, Multisectoral Action in food Systems Unit, Nutrition and Food SafetyDepartment,thenpresented the background and objectives of the meeting.She provided an updateon the 2023cycle of the TFA Validation Programme,discussed the opening of the 2024 cycle, Evaluation of remaining country applications from 2023 cycle TFATAGevaluation teams responsible for the pending applicationsfrom 2023cycleprovid