Food industry braces for Obama trans fat ban

[Carla_Danger]

You don't need a Nanny when you're an adult. Too many Americans want Government to treat them like children. American adults need to grow up and start taking responsibility for their own lives.

If i want a greasy burger & fries, so be it. Leave me alone. I don't need a Nanny. Nanny States are for lazy and weak-minded people. Time to grow up America.

No one is stopping you!

 

[Centinel]

By what constitutional authority could Obama do this?

 

[hazlnut]

LOl, you all should be so pleased you voted in these tryants who can wave a magic wand and BAN things in your life. Maybe we can get a petition going to BAN ABORTIONS.

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The Obama administration is expected to all but ban trans fat in a final ruling that could drop as soon as next week, killing most uses of an ingredient that has been put in everything from frozen pizza to Reese’s Pieces but since deemed harmful to human health.

The agency may create some very limited exemptions, but the ruling could force food companies to cut trans fat use beyond the 85 percent reduction already achieved over the past decade — a key piece of the Obama administration’s broader agenda to nudge Americans toward a healthier diet. (Well hell, my mommy and daddy done both passed away. thank gawd for dear Leader)




The food industry believes low-levels of trans fats are safe. Industry leaders have banded together behind-the-scenes to craft a food additive petition that will ask FDA to allow some uses of partially hydrogenated oils, such as in the sprinkles on cupcakes, cookies and ice cream. The industry hasn’t shared details, but officials maintain the uses will represent “very limited amounts.”

For more than 60 years, partially hydrogenated oils have been used in food products under the status generally recognized as safe, which does not require FDA’s approval. But since the 1990s, reams of studies have linked trans fat consumption to cardiovascular disease, causing somewhere between 30,000 and 100,000 premature deaths before the industry started phasing it out.



In late 2013 the Obama administration issued a tentative determination that partially hydrogenated oils are not generally recognized as safe. The move sent shock waves through the food industry, which has already brought down average consumption from more than 4 grams per day to about 1 gram per day — an exodus largely fueled by mandatory labeling imposed a decade ago. Scores of popular products, including Oreos and Cheetos, have quietly dropped partially hydrogenated oils over the years, but it remains an ingredient in many products, including Pop Secret microwave popcorn, Pillsbury Grands! Cinnamon Rolls and Sara Lee cheesecake, as well as some restaurant fryers and commercial bakery goods.

If FDA sticks to its guns in its final determination — and most in food policy circles assume it will — the agency will be taking a firm step toward pushing out more of the remaining uses of trans fat.


all of it here:
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/fda-trans-fat-ban-118003.html#ixzz3aQwZLZoW

 

[hazlnut]

 

[hazlnut]

 

[hazlnut]

 

[Iceweasel]

Do you know of some other ingredient that is allowed to be added to food products without listing?

This is from last year:

Trans Fat Now Listed With Saturated Fat and Cholesterol
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now requires food manufacturers to list trans fat (i.e., trans fatty acids) on Nutrition Facts and some Supplement Facts panels.

The objection is in banning it. Let the consumer decide, not Washington.

 

[Iceweasel]

Why post your photos? Sympathy?

 

[paulitician]

I see the future, and it's not a bright one for Americans. Big Brother rationing of food, water, electricity, and so on, will likely be the future.

That's just a different way of phrasing Cruella's dream "to each according to his need..."

One day the People will have to kneel and grovel for their food, water, electricity rations. All because they were frightened little children. They allowed Big Brother to seize complete control of their lives. They truly believed it was for their own good.

But personally, i don't need a Nanny and never asked for one. So to hell with Nanny States. I'm a responsible adult. I'll take my chances with greasy 'bad' foods and the Global Warming Boogeyman. I'll keep my Freedom & Liberty.

 

[paulitician]

You don't need a Nanny when you're an adult. Too many Americans want Government to treat them like children. American adults need to grow up and start taking responsibility for their own lives.

If i want a greasy burger & fries, so be it. Leave me alone. I don't need a Nanny. Nanny States are for lazy and weak-minded people. Time to grow up America.

No one is stopping you!

Oh i'm sure you whiny frightened little Nanny Staters will keep trying though. You guys need to grow and stop begging for a Nanny to save you. You're adults for God's sake. Start acting like it.

 

[Carla_Danger]

I see the future, and it's not a bright one for Americans. Big Brother rationing of food, water, electricity, and so on, will likely be the future.

That's just a different way of phrasing Cruella's dream "to each according to his need..."

One day the People will have to kneel and grovel for their food, water, electricity rations. All because they were frightened little children. They allowed Big Brother to seize complete control of their lives. They truly believed it was for their own good.

But personally, i don't need a Nanny and never asked for one. So to hell with Nanny States. I'm a responsible adult. I'll take my chances with greasy 'bad' foods and the Global Warming Boogeyman. I'll keep my Freedom & Liberty.

 

[Carla_Danger]

You don't need a Nanny when you're an adult. Too many Americans want Government to treat them like children. American adults need to grow up and start taking responsibility for their own lives.

If i want a greasy burger & fries, so be it. Leave me alone. I don't need a Nanny. Nanny States are for lazy and weak-minded people. Time to grow up America.

No one is stopping you!

Oh i'm sure you whiny frightened little Nanny Staters will keep trying though. You guys need to grow and stop begging for a Nanny to save you. You're adults for God's sake. Start acting like it.

 

[Camp]

Do you know of some other ingredient that is allowed to be added to food products without listing?

This is from last year:

Trans Fat Now Listed With Saturated Fat and Cholesterol
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now requires food manufacturers to list trans fat (i.e., trans fatty acids) on Nutrition Facts and some Supplement Facts panels.

The objection is in banning it. Let the consumer decide, not Washington.

Please use your own link to the FDA. It explains how industry is exempt from listing the amounts under 0.5g exactly as I explained. You can find it at the listed sections in your link of numbers 5 and 6 on the very first page. More detailed explanation can be found here:

www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm053479.htm

 

[paulitician]

Those American adults who need a Nanny Government to tell them what to eat and drink are merely frightened, irresponsible, lazy, weak-minded individuals. It's time for them to stop acting like children.

The rest of us don't want their Nanny State. We're responsible adults who value our Freedom & Liberty. You eat too much 'bad' food? Oh well, that's on you. The rest of us shouldn't be punished because you're lazy and stupid. We can't ban things just because many among us are too dumb and lazy to be responsible adults.

 

[Iceweasel]

Do you know of some other ingredient that is allowed to be added to food products without listing?

This is from last year:

Trans Fat Now Listed With Saturated Fat and Cholesterol
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now requires food manufacturers to list trans fat (i.e., trans fatty acids) on Nutrition Facts and some Supplement Facts panels.

The objection is in banning it. Let the consumer decide, not Washington.

Please use your own link to the FDA. It explains how industry is exempt from listing the amounts under 0.5g exactly as I explained. You can find it at the listed sections in your link of numbers 5 and 6 on the very first page. More detailed explanation can be found here:

www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm053479.htm

You're being ridiculous. Don't eat junk food and you'll be fine. There's a reason they don't demand it for that small amount. You can blame your 400lb ass on something else.

 

[paulitician]

It's probably time to just label everything, 'CAUTION: THIS COULD POSSIBLY KILL YOU.'

That'll get all the confusion and whining out of the way. Because in reality, everything can kill you. Too much of anything can be very bad for you. It's all about moderation. My God, Adults should already know that. They shouldn't need a Nanny Government to tell them that.

 

[Carla_Danger]

Those American adults who need a Nanny Government to tell them what to eat and drink are merely frightened, irresponsible, lazy, weak-minded individuals. It's time for them to stop acting like children.

The rest of us don't want their Nanny State. We're responsible adults who value our Freedom & Liberty. You eat too much 'bad' food? Oh well, that's on you. The rest of us shouldn't be punished because you're lazy and stupid. We can't ban things just because many among us are too dumb and lazy to be responsible adults.

Except it's not just on you.

Heart disease and strokes account for more than $312 billion in health care expenditures.

 

[paulitician]

Those American adults who need a Nanny Government to tell them what to eat and drink are merely frightened, irresponsible, lazy, weak-minded individuals. It's time for them to stop acting like children.

The rest of us don't want their Nanny State. We're responsible adults who value our Freedom & Liberty. You eat too much 'bad' food? Oh well, that's on you. The rest of us shouldn't be punished because you're lazy and stupid. We can't ban things just because many among us are too dumb and lazy to be responsible adults.

Except it's not just on you.

Heart disease and strokes account for more than $312 billion in health care expenditures.

Oh Gawd, now the healthcare card. Just because you're scared irresponsible little children, doesn't mean you have the right to force your Nanny State on the rest of us. We don't want it. Capisce.

 

[Camp]

Do you know of some other ingredient that is allowed to be added to food products without listing?

This is from last year:

Trans Fat Now Listed With Saturated Fat and Cholesterol
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now requires food manufacturers to list trans fat (i.e., trans fatty acids) on Nutrition Facts and some Supplement Facts panels.

The objection is in banning it. Let the consumer decide, not Washington.

Please use your own link to the FDA. It explains how industry is exempt from listing the amounts under 0.5g exactly as I explained. You can find it at the listed sections in your link of numbers 5 and 6 on the very first page. More detailed explanation can be found here:

www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm053479.htm

You're being ridiculous. Don't eat junk food and you'll be fine. There's a reason they don't demand it for that small amount. You can blame your 400lb ass on something else.

The only way you guys can win this debate is by admitted that you support private industry adding elements of a harmful substance to food without telling the public about it. Even your own links go against your desperate attempts to make this into something it is not. It is not about big government or the evil plots of Obama. It is about stopping profit making businesses from adding a substance to your food that is unhealthy and potentially harmful without telling you when and where they do it.

Those American adults who need a Nanny Government to tell them what to eat and drink are merely frightened, irresponsible, lazy, weak-minded individuals. It's time for them to stop acting like children.

The rest of us don't want their Nanny State. We're responsible adults who value our Freedom & Liberty. You eat too much 'bad' food? Oh well, that's on you. The rest of us shouldn't be punished because you're lazy and stupid. We can't ban things just because many among us are too dumb and lazy to be responsible adults.

Except it's not just on you.

Heart disease and strokes account for more than $312 billion in health care expenditures.

These guys will defend business putting substances into food without be required to prove the substance is safe no matter what. No matter how many science and medical links you give them they will continue to back peddle and deflect. They demand that profit making companies be allowed to covertly put whatever they want into your food and try to make themselves not sound like paranoid assholes who believe the government is out to get them and private business can be trusted. They are arguing that business has a right to add stuff to your food, but you don't have a right to know about it and they don't have to prove it is safe.

 

[Iceweasel]

The only way you guys can win this debate is by admitted that you support private industry adding elements of a harmful substance to food without telling the public about it.

There is no debate. You want a nanny state, I don't. I don't buy junk food thinking it's the healthy option. I do very little and thereby any =thing less than stellar is minimal. Lot's of 90 year olds out there so maybe your opinion that evil big food are poisoning us is a bit hysterical.