Posted on 12/15/2006 6:06:40 AM PST by Mo1
A city councilman introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit restaurants from using artery-clogging artificial trans fat.
The legislation proposed by Councilman Juan F. Ramos is similar to a ban enacted by the New York City Board of Health earlier this month.
Ramos' bill would amend the city health code to allow only trace amounts of trans fat in foods served in restaurants and vending carts. The proposal does not outline penalties, but they would be settled before it is implemented, said Ramos' aide Joshua M. Cohen.
Artificial trans fat, which is found in vegetable shortening, margarine and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, contributes to heart disease, according to health groups. Studies have shown it raises bad cholesterol and lowers good cholest
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What a marvelous idea...drive all the restaurants out of the cities. /sarc
What a great excuse to insist that "inner-city jobs programs" are necessary. (as if Gov't can ever create jobs).
Ut-oh
There goes the cheese-steaks!
Wouldn't it be easier and safer...in order to eliminate all loop holes...and imaginative ways to evade the law...to simply ban food in Philadelphia Restaurants?
A Philly Ch Steak without????
Maybe that's what the peta freaks are aiming at
A Philly Ch Steak without????
Trans fatty acids (commonly termed trans fats) are a type of unsaturated fat (and may be monounsaturated or polyunsaturated).
Trans fats occur naturally, in small quantities, in meat and dairy products from ruminants. Most trans fats consumed today, however, are industrially created as a side effect of partial hydrogenation of plant oils — a process developed in the early 1900s and first commercialized as Crisco in 1911. Partial hydrogenation changes a fat's molecular structure (raising its melting point and reducing rancidity) but this process also results in a proportion of the changed fat becoming trans fat.
Unlike other fats, trans fats are neither required nor beneficial for health.[1] Eating trans fat increases the risk of coronary heart disease.[2] For these reasons, health authorities worldwide recommend that consumption of trans fat be reduced to trace amounts. Trans fats from partially hydrogenated oils are generally considered to be more of a health risk than those occurring naturally.[3]
Trans fats are increasingly being linked to chronic health conditions, are tightly regulated in a few countries, are mandatory on product labels in many others, and are the central issue in several ongoing lawsuits (particularly against fast food outlets). Many companies are voluntarily removing trans fats from their products, or establishing trans-free product lines.
Why is that?
Nanny State Ping...............
There goes the prezels and half the food at the Reading Market in Philly.
Here we go...
When will it stop? When government wipes our a$$es for us?
Just a guess on my part .. but I'm thinking Philly Cheese steaks aren't on the list for healthy foods
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