According to recent reports, the European Commission (EC) has launched an investigation for suspected illegal State aid into Denmark's so called Fat Tax. The tax was introduced in 2011 and abolished in the beginning of 2013. The tax had applied to meats, dairy products, oils and other foods with a saturated fat content greater than 2.3%. The view of the EC is that the tax may have constituted illegal State aid because it did not apply for all foods containing saturated fat, providing an exemption for certain producers.