proyecto de reglamento que establece los parametros tecnicos sobre los alimentos y bebidas no alcoholicas procesados referentes al alto contenido de azucar sodio y grasas saturadas y de la reduccion gradual de grasas trans hasta su eliminacion draft regulation establishing the technical parameters for determining whether processed foods and non-alcoholic beverages have a high sugar sodium and saturated fat content and providing for the gradual reduction and eventual elimination of trans fats 6 pages in spanish the notified draft technical regulation establishes the following a. the technical parameters for determining whether an industrially processed food product or non-alcoholic beverage destined for human consumption has a high sugar sodium or saturated fat content so that this fact can be stated on the product label or where the product is advertised and b. the gradual reduction and eventual elimination of trans fats in processed foods and non-alcoholic beverages. this gradual reduction will take place in two stages a. six months from the entry into force of the technical regulation the use and or content of trans fats will not exceed i. for fats vegetable oils and margarines 2 g of trans fatty acids per 100 g or 100 ml of fat ii. for other processed foods and non-alcoholic beverages 5 g of trans fatty acids per 100 g or 100 ml of fat. b. 36 months from the entry into force of the regulation trans fats resulting from hydrogenation will no longer be used in any processed food or non-alcoholic drink. in the case of products containing trans fats of a technological origin other than hydrogenation the national health authority will only grant the relevant authorization if it can be proved on the basis of scientific and technological evidence that the content of trans fats has been reduced to the lowest level possible with the processing technology used and that there is no technological substitute allowing for total elimination. the provisions established in this draft regulation do not cover a. unprocessed foods and non-alcoholic beverages in their natural state b. foods that have undergone primary or minimal processing c. prepared foods for immediate consumption which are covered by the relevant legislation d. processed foods and non-alcoholic beverages in which sugar saturated fats sodium and trans fats occur naturally i.e. products to which none of these elements have been added.