- Statement of CSPI Executive Director
Michael F. Jacobson
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- Quite simply, Wendy's removal of artery-clogging
partially hydrogenated oils from its deep-fryers will make its French
fries and fried chicken healthier than similar foods at McDonald's, Burger
King, KFC, and other competitors. Wendy's deserves enormous credit for
breaking the trans-fat log jam in the restaurant world. Its action proves
that other restaurants, big or small, have no excuse for continuing to
impair their customers' health by using partially hydrogenated oil. Indeed,
chains whose fare is loaded with trans fat are at risk of being sued for
marketing unnecessarily harmful foods and not warning patrons of the risk.
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- To solve the trans-fat problem once and
for all, the Food and Drug Administration, that sleeping watchdog, needs
to act. The FDA has ignored CSPI's 2004 petitions calling for disclosure.
of trans fat in restaurants and a virtual ban of . partially hydrogenated
oil.
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- http://cspinet.org/new/200606081.html
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