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Dec

15

City Councilman Pushes For Trans Fat Ban

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Looking to capitalize on the success (I guess) smoking ban — which is now on hiatus, of course — City Councilman Juan Ramos has proposed a ban on artificial trans fats.

This would be our second NYC-inspired ban, as the New York City Board of Health approved a ban earlier this month. (All NYC copied off of us was a transit strike.)

Anyway, the ban on artificial trans fats — known to clog arteries, whatever that means — would be phased in, with the full ban coming by Sept. 2008. Packaged products — say, Tastykakes — would be exempt from the ban.

Ramos says Philly should be at the forefront of health issues, even though New York already got there before us. As for the food, he says it won’t taste any differently:

“And I hear the taste does not change, so hopefully, I can still eat a good piece of fried chicken.”

Yep. A nice, healthy piece of fried chicken.

Phila. Considering Ban on Trans Fats [KYW 1060]
 
dmac | 9:10 AM | 1 Comment
City Council, Fried Chicken, Juan Ramos, Trans Fat Ban
 
  1. Mark Says: Dec 15 10:10 AM

    “Artificial” trans fats? Is there such a thing as natural trans fats? I thought these things were man-made.

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