FDA seeks to phase out trans fat
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is accepting comments on its proposal to eliminate the generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status of partially hydrogenated oils, the source of artificial trans fat, for use in food. Removing these oils from the food supply may prevent as many as 7,000 deaths a year from heart disease, reported the FDA.
The FDA will review the comments and if it makes a final determination that partially hydrogenated oils are not GRAS, their u…