TransFreeAmerica

TransFreeAmerica is the campaign to eliminate partially hydrogenated vegetable oil from America's food supply. Treating vegetable oil with hydrogen gas results in oil with dangerous, heart-disease-promoting trans fats. Though small amounts of trans fats also occur naturally in milk and beef, factory-created trans fat is artificial and totally unnecessary in the food supply.

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	Fact Sheet: Trans Fat Bans in Restaurants and Schools To: Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt Re: It's time for full disclosure of trans fat in food It is the responsibility of the Department of Health and Human Services - and the Food and Drug Administration in particular - to help Americans make smart food choices. In July 2003 the FDA took an important step by requiring that food manufacturers list artery-clogging trans fat on Nutrition Facts labels (by January 1, 2006). We applaud this rule as an important step in the right direction, but it is imperative that the FDA take further action to minimize trans fat in foods and in the American diet. Trans fat still lurks in foods such as pie crusts, microwave popcorn and doughnuts. Many restaurant foods have even higher levels, which they aren't even required to disclose. It's time for the FDA to fulfill its public health mission and help rid the food supply of unnecessary trans fat by: Revoking the "generally recognized as safe" status of partially hydrogenated oils Requiring restaurants to disclose the use of partially hydrogenated oils Banning "0 g trans fat" claims on foods that are not saturated-fat-free Allowing "0 g trans fat" only on foods with less than 0.2 grams of trans as opposed to less than 0.5 Although small amounts of trans fat occur naturally in beef and dairy foods, about 80 percent of the trans fat in Americans' diets has come from factory-produced partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. Secretary Leavitt, Americans deserve protection from ingredients as harmful as trans fat. It is time for the FDA to get rid of partially hydrogenated oil and, until then, to require the fullest disclosure of trans fat in food.



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