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    The Associated Press reports today that New York City is becoming the first city in the country to ban all restaurants from using artificial trans fats, while requiring hundreds of eateries to post food calorie counts right on their menus.

    NYC was one of the leaders in smokefree establishments for healthier air - and now it is making the food healthier, too.

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    Re: NYC Bans Trans Fats

    Originally posted by SouthKona View Post
    The Associated Press reports today that New York City is becoming the first city in the country to ban all restaurants from using artificial trans fats, while requiring hundreds of eateries to post food calorie counts right on their menus.

    NYC was one of the leaders in smokefree establishments for healthier air - and now it is making the food healthier, too.
    I think it's a trend rather than just a fad. It'll definitely have a trickle-down effect on the national fast food restaurant chains like McD's and KFC because it costs money to have one set of ingredients for NYC and another set for everywhere else. Places like McD's have already started serving healthy salads, etc. as alternatives, so this is just the next logical step. As long as the prices don't go up because the chains are using different ingredients, I doubt you'll see any consumers complaining about the switch.

    And it would be a PR coup for the chains if they all used the NYC standards as their national standards; it just means that they are changing things before they're forced to change things.

    Miulang
    "Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain

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      Re: NYC Bans Trans Fats

      https://www.yahoo.com/health/fda-mov...601768068.html

      It's about time.

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        Re: NYC Bans Trans Fats

        http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/2...-fat-phase-out

        Find a loophole like our plastic bag ban.

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