Trans Fat Free Philippines

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Trans Fat Free Philippines seeks to improve the overall health and lifestyle of all Filipinos by eliminating industrially-produced TFA from the Philippine food supply.

Trans Fat Free Philippines seeks to improve the overall health and lifestyle of all Filipinos by eliminating industrially-produced TFA from the Philippine food supply.

Support the Trans Fat Free Philippines Bill

Industrially produced trans fat, a toxic chemical that increases your risk of heart disease and death, is often added to your baked, fried, pre-packaged and processed foods without your knowledge or consent. All food items that contain trans fat can be made without changing the taste and cost of food.

Now is the time to tell our legislators to eliminate toxic trans fat from our food supply as the Senate deliberates on the Trans Fat Free Philippines Bill!

In 2019, at least 644,000 deaths worldwide were attributed to trans fat consumption. High trans fat intake increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease, which remains to be the leading cause of death in the Philippines.

The World Health Organization has called for the global elimination of industrially produced trans fat by 2023. Mandatory trans fat restrictions are in effect all around the world protecting 1/3 of the global population from the health harms of trans fat. International experience shows that industrially produced trans fat can be eliminated without changing the taste or cost of your food – only your heart will know the difference.

By clicking below to send an email, you will be making your voice heard to the following Representatives who currently sit as chairpersons of committees reviewing the Trans Fat Free Philippines Bill:

Cong. Angelina "Helen" Tan

Cong. Lord Allan Jay Velasco

You can play a part in getting that yes vote for heart health! Send an email to the Senate for a Trans Fat Free Philippines!

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I write to you today about the recently issued Department of Health National Policy on the Elimination of Industrially-Produced Trans Fatty Acids in relation to your urgent, active support for the Trans Fat Free Philippines Bills that are still pending in Senate and Congress.

On June 18, 2021, the Department of Health’s Executive Committee approved Administrative Order No. 2021-0039 setting a national policy for the elimination of industrially produced trans fat to prevent and control non-communicable diseases. The order acknowledges the severe health harms associated with trans fat consumption, and answers a call by the World Health Organization to eliminate industrially produced trans fat by 2023.

However, the DOH order only covers pre-packaged and processed food, and until legislation is passed to cover all food sources, we will never be fully protected against toxic chemical trans fat.

Without legislation, partially hydrogenated oils or PHOs, the leading source of trans fat in food, may still be sold in informal and traditional markets and used in food production in the Philippines. They may be used in fried, baked and processed food we eat everyday in the form of margarine, shortening, or other foods.

Trans fat has absolutely no health benefits and only health harms, increasing the risk of heart disease and death. It has contributed to more than 5,000 cardiovascular disease deaths in 2019 alone, what more now! The longer we wait, the more we are at risk!

I hope the Department of Health order will inspire immediate action on the Trans Fat Free Philippines bills that have been pending for consolidation, both in the Senate (SB 1916 by Sen. Binay and SB 1954 by Sen. Pangilinan) since February 2021 and the House of Representatives (HB 7200 by Rep. Delos Santos, HB 7202 by Rep. Ong, HB 7394 by Rep. Tan, HB 8093 by Rep. Villafuerte, and HB 8128 by Rep. Tambunting) since November 2020.

Please be my voice and ask about the status of these bills on my behalf. You wouldn’t want your family to eat unhealthy food that can harm their health in the long term, and neither do I. I am counting on you to push for the passage of the Trans Fat Free Philippines bills to protect all of us from the health harms of trans fat.

Thank you!

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