Big Apple Takes a Bite Out of Trans Fat
Posted on: Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 18:00 CST
New York City's board of health voted unanimously Tuesday to cut sharply the amount of artificial trans fats in restaurant food.
The New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene voted to reduce the amount of artery-clogging trans fats found in foods to 0.5 grams, MarketWatch said.
The city's estimated 24,000 restaurants will be barred from using most frying oils by July 1 and must eliminate artificial trans fats from all foods by July 1, 2008.
Chicago is considering its own trans fat restrictions for large restaurants that earn more than $20 million in annual sales.
Source: United Press International
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