Trans-fat labeling: I hate to say it, but I told you so

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Here's the beginning of a Reuters report. They're nailing meat and butter

too. (I wonder if they'll go after fish. Is there any trans fat in fish?)

>Government Requires Trans-Fat Labels on Food

>Wed Jul 9, 2:37 PM ET

>By Maggie Fox

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - All packaged foods sold across America will have to

>carry labels telling people how much artery-clogging trans-fats they

>contain under new U.S. government regulations issued on Wednesday.

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>Trans-fatty acids are a component of fat and are found in all animal fats,

>from meat to butter. They are also made synthetically when food processors

>harden fat to make it more like butter in a process called hydrogenization.

>

>Found in meat, milk, cookies and fries, trans-fats raise cholesterol,

>especially " bad " or LDL cholesterol.

>

> " Trans-fats are bad fats. The less trans-fat you and I eat, the healthier

>we will be, " Health and Human Services ( news -web sites ) Secretary Tommy

> told a news conference.

>

>He promised more regulation regarding nutrition claims and labeling. " This

>is just the beginning of a lot more rules and regulations about this. We

>are moving now very rapidly, " said.

>

>While food labels warn consumers about saturated fats, which also raise

>cholesterol, there is currently no way to know for sure whether a food

>contains trans-fats.

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