In November 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its tentative determination[1]
to revoke the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status for partially
hydrogenated oils (PHOs), which are the primary dietary source of
artificial trans fat. As explained in a recent FDA update, “If FDA
determines that PHOs are not GRAS, it could, in effect, mean the end of
artificial, industrially-produced trans fat in foods.”[2]
The FDA would be taking the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act of 1938 into novel areas that are unrelated to the food safety issues that the law is designed to regulate. It would do so by regulating nutrition and diet through limiting food choices. Thus, the agency is trying to conflate nutritional and dietary well-being with “safety.” This action is extreme and unwarranted.
The FDA would be taking the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act of 1938 into novel areas that are unrelated to the food safety issues that the law is designed to regulate. It would do so by regulating nutrition and diet through limiting food choices. Thus, the agency is trying to conflate nutritional and dietary well-being with “safety.” This action is extreme and unwarranted.
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