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LA push to ban trans fat hits wall

January 29, 2007

Los AngelesTimes: A campaign by Los Angeles County to ban the use of trans fat in restaurants suffered a setback Friday when legal advisors told public health officials that neither a trans fat ban nor a requirement that restaurants display nutritional information on their menus would be possible under current state law.

In place of a ban, the report advised the board to start a voluntary program to encourage restaurants to eliminate the chemically modified food compound often used in baking and frying.