The end of trans fats? FDA issues tentative determination on trans fats in processed foods
By So-Eun Lee and Mary B Langowski The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Federal Register notice with its preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not ‘generally recognised as safe’ (GRAS) for use in food. If this preliminary determination, […]