By Blessing Otobong-GabrielNational Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has given an 18-month grace period to food companies before the full enforcement of regulations to eliminate industrially produced Trans-Fatty Acids, TFA. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, emphasised that the roadmap moves the country beyond policy creation to aggressive enforcement and implementation. “The removal of industrially produced trans fats from the food chain is not only a technical achievement, but a moral imperative. “Eliminating industrially produced trans fats is possible, achievable, necessary and urgent,” Adeyeye stated, calling for national collaboration. NAFDAC’s action targets a dangerous dietary risk factor strongly linked to cardiovascular diseases, stroke and premature death globally.