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The Skinny On Trans Fatty Acids

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Donuts, cookies, stick margarine, french fries, and other tasty treats contain significant amounts of trans fatty acids. For now, food producers don't need to specify how much of these artery-clogging fats are present in their products. Instead, they are included in the "total fat" line on nutrition labels. But in July, the Food & Drug Administration decreed that as of Jan. 1, 2006, manufacturers must break the trans fats category out of the total fat listing.

FDA's action was prompted by the so-called food police, more formally known as the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), based in Washington, D.C. Back in 1994, this nonprofit health-advocacy organization filed a petition urging the agency to require producers to list the amount of trans fat on nutrition labels.

Posted by Timothy Fredel at September 29, 2003 12:14 PM
Related Categories: Industry - Food | Industry - Insurance | Quadrant - Political | Theme - 'Health(ier) Food' | Theme - 'Obesity Epidemic'

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