California Looks To Ban Trans Fats In Restaurants
POSTED: 7:33 pm PDT June 8, 2007
UPDATED: 7:43 pm PDT June 8, 2007
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California State Assembly has passed a bill to ban trans fats in all restaurants statewide.
Last year, New York City became the first city in the country with a ban on the artery-clogging fat, but now California is looking to become the first state, KSBW Action News reported.
When the author of the trans fat bill was speaking to the Assembly on Thursday, he told his colleagues that California needed the bill because it would protect consumers and make restaurant food safer.
The bill banning trans fat has made it through the state Assembly but still has a few more steps before it becomes law -- most importantly, getting past the state Senate, and then the governor's desk.
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Like I've said before in this thread, the busybodies won't stop with Tobacco. I think this one failed, but I'm sure they will keep whining.