NYC to Ban Trans Fats in Restaurants?

[Gawain 0]

This is pretty retarded:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060926/ap_on_he_me/diet_trans_fat_ban

Labeling something is one thing but banning it, when it's a "legal" substance? Do you want to be told how you can cook your food? Do you want to be told what you can or cannot eat because of a single ingredient?

Why don't we ban dihydrogen monoxcide while we're at it...after all, it is known to be the cause of thousands of deaths each year.

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[nathaniel 0]

Or mercury. What if you like your fish with mercury.

Really, WTF.

People are demanding the right to eat E Coli spinach, and the FDA arrogantly goes around forcing packagers and farms to issue recalls.

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[Lindsey 0]

What will happen to all those fast food restaurants that we all love?

Krispy Kreme??? Is that considered a "restaurant?" I'm sure eventually the intent could be expanded to cover any kind of establishment that sells prepared food....

Jeez!

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[kelpdiver 2]

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Or mercury. What if you like your fish with mercury.

Really, WTF.

People are demanding the right to eat E Coli spinach, and the FDA arrogantly goes around forcing packagers and farms to issue recalls.

No kidding. Bring on the lead too!

But people are demanding the right to eat leafy vegatables at all. I'm not sure I like the wholesale destruction of all spinach, esp if the smoking gun was a bag that said "best if consumed more than 3 weeks ago (August 30th is what I heard read on the radio)".

It's not unlike the Odwalla apple juice scare that has made unpasteurized juice very hard to find.

[SpeedRacer 1]

Trans Fats sounds like the name of a New Orleans piano player.

I can't understand why he'd be banned from restaurants though.

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[Lindsey 0]

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Trans Fats sounds like the name of a New Orleans piano player.

I can't understand why he'd be banned from restaurants though.

A San Francisco piano player....

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[unformed 0]

I have a question.

Marijuana was once a legal substance too. Are you against the banning of that?

Get away from recreational drugs.

What about ephedrine? wormwood? Two other substances that for a while were legally allowed in foods.

Unlike most chemicals, there is absolutely nothing good that comes out of trans fat, and it causes major health issues.

A certain amount of fat is actually needed by the body. Trans fat does not fall under this.

I'm sure there's somebody else here who knows a bit more than I do and can further explain.

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[lawrocket 3]

Well, say goodbye to dairy, beef and mutton. Unfortunately, they naturally produce a small quantity of trans fat.

So, what this really means is no shortening or margarine. The restaurants must only prepare foods using cis fats. This may translate into certain foods being more runny than they otherwise would be. Texture and price are the main implications.

It'd be interesting to see how this would affect bureaucracies. I wonder if the cafeterias of the government offices would panic.

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[AggieDave 6]

I'm glad to see that they have all the other problems and crime in NYC taken care of and can now tackle this tough issue.

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[Lindsey 0]

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Well, say goodbye to dairy, beef and mutton. Unfortunately, they naturally produce a small quantity of trans fat.

So, what this really means is no shortening or margarine. The restaurants must only prepare foods using cis fats. This may translate into certain foods being more runny than they otherwise would be. Texture and price are the main implications.

It'd be interesting to see how this would affect bureaucracies. I wonder if the cafeterias of the government offices would panic.

And no decent cookie recipe calls for olive oil....which is where we'll be left after all the bad for-you fats are banned.

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[Andy9o8 2]

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I'm not sure I like the wholesale destruction of all spinach, esp if the smoking gun was a bag that said "best if consumed more than 3 weeks ago (August 30th is what I heard read on the radio)".

Howabout the right to ban smoking guns?
Oh wait, wrong thread.

[lisamariewillbe 1]

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And no decent cookie recipe calls for olive oil

They better not mess with my cookies

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[SkyDekker 1,465]

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Well, say goodbye to dairy, beef and mutton. Unfortunately, they naturally produce a small quantity of trans fat.

Which accounts for about a third of TFA consumption in regular diets. The ither two thirds come from non-naturally occuring TFA.

By the way, not all margerines contain TFA. many of those that do contain TFA have levels lower than what you would find in dairy and meat.

I don't agree with a ban on this. I do agree with forcing producers to clearly label how many TFAs are present in their product.