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I don’t eat trans fats. I refuse to buy items that contain them. I’m the dope blocking up the aisle in Hy-Vee, reading the labels of every thing I buy. I thought that’s what we were supposed to do.
It appears that’s not good enough. Mark my words — barring a massive overhaul of the city commission, this or some other ridiculous intrusion into privacy in the name of “public health” will be tried in Lawrence:
Doctors agree that trans fats are unhealthy in nearly any amount, but a spokesman for the restaurant industry said he was stunned the city would seek to ban a legal ingredient found in millions of American kitchens.
“Labeling is one thing, but when they totally ban a product, it goes well beyond what we think is prudent and acceptable,” said Chuck Hunt, executive vice president of the city’s chapter of the New York State Restaurant Association.
He said the proposal could create havoc: Cooks would be forced to discard old recipes and scrutinize every ingredient in their pantry. A restaurant could face a fine if an inspector finds the wrong type of vegetable shortening on its shelves.
Don’t tell David Schauner.
[inherited from: Ace of Spades.]
UPDATE: This seems like a good time to bitch about the fact that I can’t grill trans-fat free beef on my apartment’s ground-floor deck.
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