Reducing Intake of Trans Fatty Acids

The New York City Board of Health has recently required that city restaurants reduce the content of industrially produced trans fatty acids so that each serving contains <0.5 g. This initiative is intended to reduce the number of coronary heart disease events in New York City. A more comprehensive approach used in Denmark since 2004 requires by law that fats and oils in all food contain <2% industrially produced trans fatty acids. The FDA requires that labels of packaged food include their trans fatty acid content. This requirement has led food manufacturers to develop brands containing zero or small amounts of trans fat....

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