Posted on 05/17/2015 6:44:26 AM PDT by PROCON
The Obama administration is expected to all but ban trans fat in a final ruling that could drop as soon as next week, killing most uses of an ingredient that has been put in everything from frozen pizza to Reese’s Pieces but since deemed harmful to human health.
The agency may create some very limited exemptions, but the ruling could force food companies to cut trans fat use beyond the 85 percent reduction already achieved over the past decade — a key piece of the Obama administration’s broader agenda to nudge Americans toward a healthier diet.
The food industry believes low-levels of trans fats are safe. Industry leaders have banded together behind-the-scenes to craft a food additive petition that will ask FDA to allow some uses of partially hydrogenated oils, such as in the sprinkles on cupcakes, cookies and ice cream. The industry hasn’t shared details, but officials maintain the uses will represent “very limited amounts.”
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I will feel so much safer with a world filled with transgenders but no transfat. /s
Same here. It was pointed out by my food science major roommate during my college days, that even with reduced or fat free, the calories were about the same because they replaced the fat with sugar. I would just be better off if I had smaller servings of the regular options, or simply ate the junk food less often.
A lot of the foods back then didn’t have some of the chemicals. Plus being involved in active jobs such as construction trades was fairly common decades ago.
“How did the folks who are alive right now, the 70-100 year olds, make it-——————————”
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Lots of dry martinis and cigarettes.
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