The NYC health department unveiled a proposal on Sept. 26 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.
See http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/09/26/trans.fat.ban.ap/index.html for the full story.
2006-09-28 06:11:35 · 17 answers · asked by J.Z. 3 in Dining Out ➔ Other - Dining Out
It's NOT an issue of "fat" or "skinny." Most of Europe has banned transfats because, like a previous responder said, it's poison to the human body. I think the US should ban it too; we've banned other extremely dangerous substances from going into the food supply (like one of the red dyes that was banned because it causes cancer) so how is this different? There's no reason why a restaurant or a food manufacturer has to use chemically altered fats in their products.
2006-09-28 06:34:09 · answer #1 · answered by mockingbird 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's not a skinny law. It's a law requiring restaurants to stop using dangerous food additives. Look at the move made by the makers of Mars bars which now advertises that it's absolutely peanut free so people with peanut alergies will eat them. It implies that they have a very high quality product. This move to remove trans fats from the menu might be one of the best things that happens to the restaurants of New York. People are like sheep and they'll pay the higher prices to get a "healthier" meal because what's "not in it" implies the meal is a better quality. The fact is the only garanteed healthy food is the food you prepare yourself because even if they guarantee that something isn't in your food they still aren't telling you what IS in your food.
2006-09-28 13:31:02 · answer #2 · answered by Lynn K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems like the pressure to be "thin and fit" extends even to political realms. "You are what you eat" is a very true statement. I believe you should be able to choose what you eat. It's that simple. However, you should also be well-informed as to what exactly you are eating. A lot of people that I have been discussing this with didn't even know what trans fat was!! And they've been eating it this whole time!
In the long run, it may be healthier. We should take a look a the general health of our country, but we should respect that not everyone wants to be told what to do, especially when it comes to body image and all things associated.
I liked a comment I heard on the news last night: "I like to eat like a nine-year-old, but I don't want to be treated like one."
2006-09-28 13:23:42 · answer #3 · answered by KT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm all for it. or, at the very least, have restaurants list what is in each item. you always run the risk in restaurants of not knowing exactly what you're getting. unlike being able to read the label in the grocery store.
i would like to know how this is unconstitutional exactly, as a few people have said.
2006-10-02 02:26:02 · answer #4 · answered by asnitkina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there are some people who are offended by the sight of obese people; how long do you think it will be before the obese are barred from public? How long before the government steps in and ships obese individuals off to "Fat Camps" telling them that it's "for their own good". Think not? Think again...how long ago was it that no one even considered outlawing certain foods?
George Orwell must be spinning in his grave.
2006-09-28 13:22:46 · answer #5 · answered by Albannach 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's stupid. They shouldn't be able to tell people what they can, and can't eat. We are supposed to have freedom of choice in this country, and if you choose to eat that stuff, it's your perogative. If it passes in NYC, then other cities will follow, and we may as well be living in a communist society.
2006-09-28 13:21:07 · answer #6 · answered by esugrad97 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is wrong to characterize this as a skinny law, and contrary to what some silly people say, this is not about not consuming fat. Trans fat is a poison. New York is not saying don't eat fat. They are saying don't serve poison. There is no need for anyone to put trans fat in food. There are alternatives which are not as poisonous.
2006-09-28 13:20:23 · answer #7 · answered by Larry 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The NYC jail will be packed with obese people found with forensic transfat evidence in their bowels.
Sounds like a CSI show.
2006-09-28 16:12:09 · answer #8 · answered by lofolulu 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think NYC should mind their own bz.!!!!!!!!!! Worry more about their crime rate, the homeless, budget...... Sounds like something those crazy idiots would vote for in
Madison WI
2006-09-28 13:30:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's unconstitutional and they don't have a legal right to do that. This is what happens when a city gets overrun by liberals.
2006-09-28 13:14:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋