Posted on 09/26/2006 10:07:16 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
NEW YORK (AP) -- Three years after the city banned smoking in restaurants, health officials are talking about prohibiting something they say is almost as bad: artificial trans fatty acids.
The city health department unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would bar cooks at any of the city's 24,600 food service establishments from using ingredients that contain the artery-clogging substance, commonly listed on food labels as partially hydrogenated oil.
Artificial trans fats are found in some shortenings, margarine and frying oils and turn up in foods from pie crusts to french fries to doughnuts.
Doctors agree that trans fats are unhealthy in nearly any amount, but a spokesman for the restaurant industry said he was stunned the city would seek to ban a legal ingredient found in millions of American kitchens.
"Labeling is one thing, but when they totally ban a product, it goes well beyond what we think is prudent and acceptable," said Chuck Hunt, executive vice president of the city's chapter of the New York State Restaurant Association.
He said the proposal could create havoc: Cooks would be forced to discard old recipes and scrutinize every ingredient in their pantry. A restaurant could face a fine if an inspector finds the wrong type of vegetable shortening on its shelves.
The proposal also would create a huge problem for national chains. Among the fast foods that would need to get an overhaul or face a ban: McDonald's french fries, Kentucky Fried Chicken and several varieties of Dunkin' Donuts.
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Easy to talk on threads, heh?
Not always
Fingernails.
Like the thin-shelled Pelican eggs that we never actually found to be caused by DDT (the actual study showed that Pelicans exposed to DDT actually had thicker egg shells), the current controversy over Trans Fats actually has another side to it. In fact, there are only correlations, no real hard scientific evidence that trans-fats are necessarily bad for you. In fact, some Trans Fats might even be good for you, as was reported in a 2001 issue of Science news:
"What the Harvard report and most news accounts on the FDA labeling announcement fail to note is that even with trans fats, all are not created equal. There is a family of trans fats, known as conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs), that not only appear to fight heart disease, but also cancer, obesity, and diabetes (SN: 3/3/01, p. 136: Good Trans Fats>).
What is certain, is that Trans Fats have certainly saved a lot of lives by keeping food fresh and safe to eat for a much longer period of time than if Trans Fats were not used. Like the DDT foolhardiness, those who will be hurt most by the current hysteria of a Trans Fat ban will not be the citizens of the 1st or 2nd world countries, but those who live in the 3rd world countries where any type of food is welcome, even those kept safe and fresh by Trans Fats.
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Oh, Brave New World!
I favor a city wide bedtime for that town full of pussies.
(And if you object to this; just answer "Who's your senator, hey?)
Yo vill eat healthy and you vill like it! Sieg heil!
And that is why, even though I despise tobacco and it killed my two grandfathers, I have been against the smoking nazis from day one. I knew it wasn't any of the government's business, and I knew they wouldn't stop with smoking.
I said it was coming. Once they finish with smoking, it'll be something else.
Grocery stores, you are next. Your aisles are filled with trans-fat items, not to mention high saturated fat items like bacon, sausage, and hamburger. You must be stopped.
There is an army of worthless bureaucrats that need to justify their existence at your expense. You are next.
New York City Plans Sharp Limits on Restaurants Use of Trans Fats
United Pro Smoker's Newsletter ^ | September 27, 2006 | THOMAS J. LUECK
Posted on 09/27/2006 12:42:48 AM EDT by SheLion
and got no replies.
You post the same thread at 1:07 and so far you have 31 postings. I'm gonna cry................
"Okay so what's next on the list?"
Foies gras (goose liver)
Seriously. It's recently banned in Chicago.
Only in Blue cities.
We should ban left wing ideology. When the lefties scream, we should just say that they are responsible for more deaths than cigarettes and transfat combined.
I guarantee they will slink back into their rats nest.
Screed Em, I will eat what and where I want and it won't be in NYC
And another army of trial lawyers right behind them!
Can't wait to read his/her job description (or report).
Can't "We The People" ban NY? Some kind of federal restraining order to keep their collective liberal ijit yaps shut and moron nanny state ideas ending at the Hudson river.
In a related story, NYC Health Department considers a ban on food at all restaurants, citing that eating can lead to obesity.
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