Kazakhstan: Participants of the oil and fat industry ask to change the technical regulations

Published 2023년 2월 15일

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Representatives from the oil and fat industry in Kazakhstan are advocating for the reinstatement of a technical regulation that would increase the allowance of hydrogenated fats in margarine and spreads, which was in effect until 2018 in the Eurasian Economic Union. This move is expected to bolster the position of local oilseed producers by reducing dependence on imported palm oil and increasing food security. The proposal, currently under discussion with the Ministry of Agriculture and other relevant authorities, could also mitigate inflationary pressures and logistical challenges by boosting domestic production and export capacity of oil and fat products.

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Representatives of oil and fat companies are asking to return the technical regulation on the content of hydrogenated fats in margarine and spreads, which was in force until 2018 in the Eurasian Economic Union. They are confident that due to this norm, Kazakh oilseed producers will strengthen their positions in the domestic market. This was reported by the correspondent of the business information center Kapital.kz. According to the head of the Association of Oil and Fat Industry Enterprises of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the founder of the enterprise Maslodel Pavel Selivanov, until 2018 the share of hydrogenated fats in margarine could reach 20%, in spreads - 8%. Now, according to him, the share of such fats, according to the current technical regulations, should not exceed 2%. “Now hydrogenated fats, which can be obtained using sunflower seeds, rapeseed produced in Kazakhstan, are being replaced by imported palm oil. Although, according to scientific studies conducted in ...

Source: Oilworld