KFC To Get Banned In NYC

Associated Press reported:

There are plenty of things in Kentucky Fried Chicken that are bad for your health — cholesterol, saturated fat and salt, to name a few. But only one has the potential to get the colonel’s recipe banned in New York City.

That ingredient is artificial trans fatty acids, which are so common that the average American eats 4.7 pounds a year, according to the Food and Drug Administration. City health officials say these so-called trans fats are so unhealthy they belong in the same category as food spoiled by rodent droppings.

Trans fats significantly raise the level of so-called “bad” cholesterol in the blood, clogging arteries and causing heart disease. Researchers at Harvard’s School of Public Health estimated that trans fats contribute to 30,000 U.S. deaths a year.

“This is something we’d like to dismiss from our food supply,” said Dr. Robert H. Eckel, immediate past president of the American Heart Association.

Wendy’s, the national burger chain, has already switched to a zero-trans fat oil. McDonald’s announced in 2003 that it intended to do so, but has yet to follow through.

If approved, New York’s ban would only affect restaurants, not grocery stores, and wouldn’t extend beyond the city limits. But experts said the city’s food service industry, with 24,600 establishments, is so large that any rule change is likely to ripple nationwide.

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