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 التقييس لدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليجالعربية  هيئة  
GCC STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION (GSO)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
الدهون (الأحماض  الدهنية) المتحولة 
Trans Fatty Acids 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ICS : 67.200.10   GSO FDS  
 
 
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Foreword 
GCC Standardizat ion Organization (GSO) is a regional Organization which consists of the 
National Standards Bodies of GCC member States. One of GSO main functions is to issue 
Gulf Standards /Technical regulations through specialized technical committees (TCs).  
GSO through the technical program of committee TC No ( 5) " Technical committee for 
standards of food and agriculture products " has prepared this Technical regulation. The Draft 
Technical regulation has been prepared by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  . The draft Technical 
regulation  has been prepared based on relevant ADMO, International and National foreign 
Standards and references.  
This Technical regulation has been approved by GSO Board of Directors in its meeting No.(), 
held on  
 
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 Trans Fatty Acids   
1. Scope  
 This stand ard applies to the maximum amount allowed for  trans fatty acid and 
declaring the trans fatty acid on the nutrition label per serving  .  
2. Complementary references  
2.1  GSO 15 " Methods of sampling for edible oils and fats  ". 
2.2  GSO Standard to be appro ved by GSO on  "Methods of determination of trans fatty 
acids " . 
2.3  GSO 2233 " Requirements of nutritional labeling  " . 
3. Definitions  
 Trans fats  
 Are the geometrical isomers of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids 
having non -conjugated carbo n-carbon double bonds in the trans configuration 
interrupted by at least one methylene group.  
4.  General Requirements  
 The following requirement shall be met:  
 Maximum trans  fat content  of vegetable oils and soft spreadable margarines is 2% 
of the total fat, and the trans fat content for all other foods is 5% of the total fat 
content including ingredients sold to restaurants.  
5.  Methods of sampling  
 Sampling should be made according to standard mentioned in GSO 2.1  
6.  Methods of Test  
 Determining trans  fatty acids content should be made according to standard 
mentioned in GSO 2.2  
7.  Labeling  
 Without prejudice to the requirements specified in Gulf standards mentioned in 2.3 
and the following information shall be declared . 
7.1  Net Content  
 The amount of  trans fatty acids in a food, including dietary supplements shall be 
included in the Nutrition Facts and the content is expressed in grams and showed in  
a column on the right side of the Nutrition Facts table.  These requirement, 
however, do not apply to fo od products containing fats derived from mammal 
meats or dairy products.    
7.2   Trans Fat Declaration  
 “Trans  fatty acids” and “trans fat”  can be used interchangeably. "trans" is shown 
indented underneath the "Fat" declaration, in the same section as the  " Saturated 
fatty acid" declaration, and the word "trans" is italicized.   GSO FDS  
 
 
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 7.3. Trans Fat claims  
 Where a claim that a food product “trans fat free” is made on the label or in an 
advertisement, the amount of trans fat shall be less than 0.5 gram of total fat in 
100g.   GSO FDS  
 
 
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 References : 
- Food and Drug Regulations  (C.R.C., c. 870)   
- CODEX GUIDELINES ON NUTRITION LABELLING. CAC/GL 2 - 1985