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Food Makers Trim Fat as Lawsuits and Regulations Loom

New York Times

Some food companies are recasting themselves as good corporate citizens alarmed at rate of obesity in US and willing to modify their offerings to help avert looming health care crisis; McDonald's Corp and Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo plan to remove saturated fats and trans fatty acids from french fries, chips and other products because of concerns about their link to high cholesterol, heart disease and diabetes; some consumer advocates and health experts doubt that companies that have profited, and helped create, culture of overeating, particularly among children, can be trusted to help put America on diet; Food and Drug Administration Comr Mark B McClellan announces that food labels will have to list levels of trans fatty acid by 2006

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