Resolution No. 3236 of 1997 prohibiting to sale and handle indulated (solid) vegetable oils and fats used for food processing. Country/Territory Syrian Arab Republic Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette No. 52, 31 December 1997, 1 p. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food additives Oils/oilseeds/fats Food quality control/food safety Internal trade Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Western Asia Entry into force notes This Resolution enters into force on 1 June 1998. Abstract This Resolution decrees the ban on the circulation and sale of vegetable fat used for food processing for directly consumption, such as the hydrogenated and unhydrogenated solid vegetable olis and fats which melt at 41 degrees centigrade. Transgressors will be punished by Law No. 158 of 1960 on repression of fraud, deceit and adulteration. Full text Arabic