[Stoat]

Related FR thread from July 10, 2007

King County May Ban Trans Fats At Restaurants (Washington State)

[Stoat]

Related article from July 19, 2007 in the Seattle P.I.

(excerpted due to Free Republic posting rules, please click on the link to read the full text)

King County restaurants told to phase out trans fats

"Joining what appears to be a national trend in the wake of the obesity epidemic, the King County Board of Health told county restaurants Thursday to phase out trans fats and voted to require chain restaurants to provide nutritional information for all menu items.

The new rules, opposed by the restaurant industry as too costly, were adopted after about six hours of discussion and comments from members of the public, most of whom supported the rules.

The labeling requirement calls for all chain restaurants -- those with at least 10 branches nationwide -- to list calories, saturated fat, carbohydrates and sodium in each regular food item they serve. Restaurants have until Aug. 1, 2008, to comply.

Under the trans fat rule, all foods containing artificial trans fats would have to be off the menu by Feb. 1, 2009."

[proudpapa]

While they’re at it they should ban all Coke/Pepsi products and any other products made with corn syrup.

[sionnsar]

Say WA? Evergreen State ping

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[swarthyguy]

At some point in the near past, these damn Boards of Health seem to have taken over everything.

At some level, virtually everything is unhealthy.

The precedent has been set. Fear the future.

[hunter112]

Ah, King County, where they ban trans fats, but celebrate trans sexuals!

[vetsvette]

Certainly Castro would approve of this, so it must be a good thing.

[MEGoody]

I don’t have a problem with labels being required. I do have a problem with banning things like trans fats. If someone wants to eat them, knowing they are there, they should be able to go for it.

[Shots]

Blame it on PETA

Oh hell blame it on Bush he gets the blame for everything

[durasell]

I don’t see anything wrong with this. People can read the information and take personal responsibility for their choices.

[Stoat]

“Death of Dick’s Restaurants” ping :-(

[eXe]

Yeah I love that line..

“People will be able to make more informed food choices”

Yeah loads of “choices” you have when big brother BANS everything. :)

[browardchad]

I really don't give a fig about trans-fat. Unless you've got some weird stuff in your pantry, you'd be hard pressed to find anything that contains the stuff nowadays, so unless you eat out on a regular basis, you're not consuming a whole lot of the stuff, and even then I doubt that most food establishments use the stuff nowadays.

Instead, can we ID where the fish and meat served in restaurants comes from? There's certainly more of a risk from from banned antibiotics and polluted growing environments in those puppies.

I prefer not to pay $20 - $40 for an entree that hails from the filth of the Yangtze River, or the halls of Montezuma's revenge.