NastyDawg
12-06-2006, 03:07 PM
(New York-WABC, December 5, 2006) - From bodegas, to pizzerias, to high-end restaurants, the city's Board of Health voted earlier this morning to make New York the first city in the nation to ban trans fats.
Eyewitness News reporter Jeff Rossen is live in Lower Manhattan with the story.
The board approved the ruling by a unanimous vote.
Restaurants will be given a slight break by relaxing what had been considered a tight deadline for compliance.
Restaurants will be barred from using most frying oils containing artificial trans fats by July 2007, but there will be a three month grace period. That's actually something the Board of Health added today.
However, restaurants will have until July 1, 2008 to eliminate artificial trans fats from all foods.
However there will be a three month grace period Trans fats are believed to be harmful because they contribute to heart disease by raising bad cholesterol and lowering good cholesterol at the same time.
The restaurant industry has told Eyewitness News that they will take the issue to federal court and also appeal to the New York City Council. The ongoing debate has been whether or not the city has the right to tell you what you can and cannot eat.
We will continue to follow this developing story for and will have more on it 5:00 p.m.
A big deal or not???
Eyewitness News reporter Jeff Rossen is live in Lower Manhattan with the story.
The board approved the ruling by a unanimous vote.
Restaurants will be given a slight break by relaxing what had been considered a tight deadline for compliance.
Restaurants will be barred from using most frying oils containing artificial trans fats by July 2007, but there will be a three month grace period. That's actually something the Board of Health added today.
However, restaurants will have until July 1, 2008 to eliminate artificial trans fats from all foods.
However there will be a three month grace period Trans fats are believed to be harmful because they contribute to heart disease by raising bad cholesterol and lowering good cholesterol at the same time.
The restaurant industry has told Eyewitness News that they will take the issue to federal court and also appeal to the New York City Council. The ongoing debate has been whether or not the city has the right to tell you what you can and cannot eat.
We will continue to follow this developing story for and will have more on it 5:00 p.m.
A big deal or not???