New York becomes first U.S. city to ban trans fats: NewsTarget.com

A unanimous vote from the New York City Board of Health has made the Big Apple the first U.S. city to ban harmful trans fats from its restaurants.

First proposed Sept. 26, the ban on using trans fats in restaurant cooking stirred up a hornets' nest of positive and negative reactions, as proponents lent vociferous support for the move -- going as far as to hold a rally across the street from where the proposal was considered in a public forum -- while opponents maintained that trans fats were not dangerous in the small amounts used in restaurants.

Originally, the proposal gave restaurants six months to switch to oils, margarines and shortening that contain less than 0.5 gram of trans fat per serving, and 18 months to serve foods containing the same amount. Some felt that deadline was unrealistic.

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