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Trans Fat War Threatens Restaurants CLICK FOR MORE: "Cheap man-made vegetable oil in foods is a killer. Health professionals blame it for causing coronary heart disease, which kills or disables 730,000 Americans annually.
But banning these so-called trans fats could kill something else--restaurant sales and profits. Tobacco was the scourge of the 1990s. The latest populist health cause is banishing trans fat--the cheap hydrogenated vegetable oil that browns foods and makes them taste great. A fight is shaping up nationally over trans fat. Lawmakers are attacking the $510 billion (sales) restaurant industry. New York fired the first shot. The city outlawed trans fats earlier this month, giving restaurateurs 18 months to change their cooking oils or face a $2,000 fine per violation. The 60,000-member National Restaurant Association is considering filing a lawsuit to overturn the ban, says spokesperson Sue Hensley..." |
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