Posted on 10/27/2010 5:23:09 AM PDT by Abathar
BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore City Health Department issued its first environmental citation for repeat violations of the city's trans fat ban.
The Health Department issued Healthy Choice, a food facility in the 400 block of Lexington Street, a $100 fine on Thursday.
"It was the second time they were found with a high trans fat level in their ingredients," said Health Department agent Juan Gutierrez.
Officials said that during inspections in July and this month, the facility was found to be using a margarine product with trans fat levels in excess of what the law allows.
The law banning food facilities from serving or selling non-prepackaged food items containing 0.5 grams or more of trans fats went into effect in September 2009.
"While we are pleased with the high rates of compliance we've seen since the ban took effect, we will continue to sanction businesses that repeatedly fail to comply." - Dr. Oxiris Barbot, Commissioner of Health
"They originally had a margarine that was above 3 grams, actually, which is very high compared to the .5 that is allowed. Then when we came back and they had replaced it, they replaced it with one that was 2 grams, so it still was too high," Gutierrez said.
The facility discarded the products in both instances, health officials said.
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What happened to my country?
I live about 35 miles NW of Baltimore in a rural area. I don’t go into Baltimore anymore because it is a cesspool. And this is what they concentrate on? You are correct - pathetic.
I’d be lipid if this happened to me.
That quote sounds best when read with a German accent.
They will have to shut down every “soul food” place in the city.
Nah..Lard is ok. Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil is a no-no.
Ja! :)
A “Food Facility”? WTH is a “Food Facility”? Is it a store, a restaurant, a distributor, or what?
Either way, this is horrific.
Give it a rest, not every hispanic is an illegal.
what happens if you don’t pay the fine?
The wookie shows up with her angry face.........
You are boiled in a vat of trans fat.
You know a government- at whatever level- is way bloated and does not have enough real work to do when they can send people into restaurants to check the margarine.
Tell these Nanny State fascists to get bent. Pack up the business and move somewhere people are sane.
Good to know that they aren’t letting having the highest homicide rate in the country get in the way of more important law enforcement priorities. Mustn’t let the sloping deck disarrange the deck chairs, after all.
Allows them to focus on something important.....
Come on now, think how much safer the streets will be at night, knowing all that margarine is under control. Somebody better call Duff Goldman. His cake place must be a veritable hotbed of illegal activity!
/sarc
Unbelievable.
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