Here we go, the pleasure police are at it again, this time on the food you love to eat. Say goodbye to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Dunkin Donuts, Fries, etc……
Okay so what’s next on the list?
Why stop at restaurants?
Grocery stores, you are next. Your aisles are filled with trans-fat items, not to mention high saturated fat items like bacon, sausage, and hamburger. You must be stopped.
I’m waiting for them to declare a city wide “bed time.” NYC will no longer be the city that never sleeps. There is an army of worthless bureaucrats that need to justify their existence at your expense. You are next.
CNN.com - NYC eyes ban on restaurant trans fats - Sep 26, 2006
Three years after the city banned smoking in restaurants, health officials are talking about prohibiting something they say is almost as bad: artificial trans fatty acids.
The city health department unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would bar cooks at any of the city’s 24,600 food service establishments from using ingredients that contain the artery-clogging substance, commonly listed on food labels as partially hydrogenated oil.
Artificial trans fats are found in some shortenings, margarine and frying oils and turn up in foods from pie crusts to french fries to doughnuts.
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.
The proposal also would create a huge problem for national chains. Among the fast foods that would need to get an overhaul or face a ban: McDonald’s french fries, Kentucky Fried Chicken and several varieties of Dunkin’ Donuts.
2 users commented in " NYC eyes ban on restaurant trans fats "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackAll hail the Nanny State!
Big Government in action.
So there should be no government regulation on what additives are put into foods, no check on the safety of the additives?
Just let multi-billion dollar corporations run wild and put whatever they want into foods…
Do corporations that make billions of dollars off the food they sell the public have any responsibility to sell food that is healthy, or do you think they should be allowed to sell anything they want, even though they are making people sick.
You constantly rail against high medical costs. If people weren’t getting sick from the crap they eat, maybe everyone wouldnt have the need for triple bypass surgery (which costs upwards of $20,000).
Perhpaps if the food that was consumed by the nation contained less trans-fats, there would be less need for surgery and perscription drugs to lower cholesterol.
If big government means passing laws that protect public health, than so be it, bring on big government
Leave A Reply