Trans Fat Labeling Mandated

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Trans fats should be called trans plastic as they are not " food " in any real

sense.

 

Wow, the govenment is going to help " protect " the people by having this half

hearted labeling procedure. All this after the last 80 years they have been

promoting these poisons for special interests, but now too many people are

finding out the truth, so it is just about CYA time I think.

 

F.

 

http://ens-news.com/ens/jul2003/2003-07-09-09.asp#anchor2

 

 

Trans Fat Labeling Mandated

 

WASHINGTON, DC, July 9, 2003 (ENS) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

today announced a final rule requiring food manufacturers to list trans fat on

Nutrition Facts labels. Companies will have until 2006 to phase in the labels

listing the amount of trans fat, most of which comes from the partially

hydrogenated oils used to make French fries, crackers, margarine, cookies,

pastries, and other processed foods.

 

Last year the National Academy of Sciences confirmed that trans fat is about as

harmful as saturated fat.

The new labeling reflects scientific evidence showing that consumption of trans

fat, saturated fat and dietary cholesterol can increase the risk of coronary

heart disease.

Nearly 13 million Americans suffer from coronary heart disease, and more than

500,000 die each year from causes related to coronary heart disease. The FDA

estimated Wednesday that the labeling could prevent up to 1,200 cases of heart

disease and 500 deaths a year.

" We are empowering Americans to make healthier choices about the foods they

eat, " said Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson. " By putting trans

fat information on food labels, we are making it possible for consumers to make

better educated choices to lower their intake of these unhealthy fats and

cholesterol. "

The new information is the first significant change on the Nutrition Facts panel

since it was established in 1993.

Health advocates applauded the agency's decision, although some believe the FDA

could have gone further. For example, the labels do not require the amount of

trans fat to be placed into the context of a day's diet.

" The new labels will let consumers compare trans fat content from product to

product, and that will be a great step forward, " said Margo Wootan, nutrition

policy director with the Center for Science in the Public Interest. " It will be

hard, though, for people to tell if a given number of grams of trans fat is a

lot or a little. Five grams may not seem like a lot, but it is. "

 

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