Ban on Trans Fats

A plan to ban trans fats throughout the state could be unnecessary, as popular demand is already forcing out the unhealthy ingredient, local restauranteurs say.  

A high intake of trans fats could increase colon cancer risk, according to new research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.  

As a resident of California, I have always felt an edge up on the health and wellness scale.  

Efforts to ban artery-clogging trans fats from restaurants statewide are gaining momentum.  

Fifth District U.S. Coast Guard Press Release Date: Aug. 28, 2008 Contact: Petty Officer Kip Wadlow 398-6626 Coast Guard gets heart healthy by removing artificial trans fats from menus Coast Guard Petty ...  

Where did the state of California get the idea it has the authority to ban food ingredients such as trans fats, as recently happened in Sacramento? The answer is simple: They got the idea from us.  

California's governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently banned trans fats in restaurants and retail outlets because of the risk it poses to our health, and with our obesity issues here New Zealand could follow suit. National Party MP Bob Clarkson was ...  

Canada was the first country to introduce mandatory labelling of trans fats in foods. The latest issue of Chicken Farmer newsletter from Chicken Farmers of Canada explains what trans fats are and how they affect human health.  

A top state health official is heading to New York to evaluate the city's first-in-the-nation trans-fat ban for restaurants. John Auerbach, commissioner of the Department...  

Massachusetts may soon join California in banning the use of trans fats in restaurant meals, The Boston Globe reports.  

When it comes to health and fitness, where California goes the nation follows. At least that's what many health advocates are hoping, as the Golden State becomes the first to bar restaurants and bakeries from ...  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will be the first state to ban trans fats in restaurants and bakeries under legislation signed Friday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The measure requires restaurants to quit using trans fats by January 2010, and for bakeries to follow suit one year later...  

Last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger passed a bill that will ban trans fats in restaurants statewide by 2010.  

Whole Harvest Products Welcomes California Trans Ban WARSAW, N.C., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- In light of California's upcoming ban on trans fats, the nation's first all natural no trans fat line of commercial ...  

Over the past year, many colleges have gone the way of New York by banning or severely limiting the use of trans fats, which are shown to raise levels of “bad cholesterol.” Dining halls now serve fries and dessert items that are prepared using ...