Latest News Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 7th March, 2023 Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN) celebrates 10 years of engaging with the private sector to improve nutrition 19th January, 2023 Helen Weldemichael emerges winner of the Global EatSafe Innovation Challenge 21st October, 2022 Empowering Private Sector Partnerships for Scaling Up Nutrition | Formation of SBN Sri Lanka Steering Committee 2024 – 2026 22nd April, 2024 Celebrating the impact of Women inclusion in nutrition activities – IWD 2024 25th March, 2024 Supporting Entrepreneurs to Adopt Scalable Techniques to Improve Nutrition for Low-income Consumers 25th March, 2024 Appointment of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Government Focal Point – Sri Lanka 4th March, 2024 Step Out and Innovate! World Creativity and Innovation Day 2023 6th July, 2023 Reflections from AU High Level Dialogue on Nutrition Financing 2023 15th May, 2023 A National Benchmarking Pilot for Food Systems Actors in LMIC – Bangladesh 8th May, 2023 Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp 10Dec Replacing Industrially Produced Trans Fatty Acids in Nigeria, a B2B initiative The SUN Business Network (SBN)/Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) are conducting a pilot project with the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) to support the replacement of industrially produced trans fatty acids (iTFA) by local companies in Nigeria and Pakistan. In the framework of this project, SBN/GAIN organised a workshop in Lagos, Nigeria on 29th October 2019. The workshop gathered more than 40 representatives from local companies, members of IFBA (multinational companies), civil society and government. The meeting focused on: Defining iTFA Explaining why iTFA needs to be replaced Describing the role of relevant stakeholders in iTFA in the Nigerian food supply chain Exploring what technologies are available for Nigerian companies Lessons learned from other countries on iTFA replacement Reviewing ongoing efforts to regulate iTFA in Nigeria including laboratory capacity. The participants benefitted from the expertise of the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), IFBA’s Secretary General and Ferrero’s Director of Nutrition and Sustainability. The workshop looked at iTFA replacement solutions that are both feasible and affordable for Nigerian companies and is a first step in removing iTFA in Nigeria. With these solutions businesses can make changes to provide healthier products. Fighting malnutrition is not just for health, it is good for business.
