Two leading public health doctors in the UK have supported calls to ban trans-fats from all foods. Trans-fat that is used to extend shelf life is mostly found in biscuits and alike eatables.

According to doctors in the US, 11,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths in England alone annually can be prevented if it is banned.

But, the Food Standards Agency has stated that banning it completely is not needed as the average UK consumption of trans-fats is low.

The UK Faculty of Public Health In January this year called for the consumption of trans-fats also know as trans fatty acids to be virtually eliminated.

Doctors from Harvard Medical School supported this view and said that trans fat is completely banned in certain countries but it has not changed the quality and the taste of food.

Professor Alan Maryon-Davis, president of the Faculty of Public Health, said, "There are great differences in the amount of trans-fats consumed by different people and we are particularly concerned about young people and those with little disposable income who eat a lot of this type of food. This is a major health inequalities issue.