New York City Plans Sharp Limits on RestaurantsÂ Use of Trans Fats
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The plan appeared to ensure that the city would eventually take some formal action against artificial trans fats, which are considered by health experts to raise the risk of heart disease.
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BOSTON -- Dunkin' Donuts, the food-on-the-go chain whose name celebrates a treat that's symbolic of unhealthy eating, is trying to refresh its image by largely eliminating trans fat across its menu.
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Three years after the city banned smoking in restaurants, health officials are talking about prohibiting something they say is almost as bad: artificial trans fatty acids.
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Burger King Corp., the No. 2 hamburger chain, said on Friday that all of its U.S. restaurants would be using frying oil that is free of artery-clogging trans fats by the end of 2008.
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A judge struck down a New York City rule Tuesday that required fast-food restaurants to post calorie counts on their menus, but he suggested that expanding the rule to include more restaurants could make it legal.
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Restaurants will be urged to voluntarily phase out trans fats from kitchens over the next 18 months under a plan unveiled by city and county leaders Tuesday.
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NEW YORK -- Want 300-calorie fries with that? The city Board of Health voted Tuesday to approve a new version of a law requiring fast-food outlets to display calorie counts on their menus, hoping the fat-filled truth will shock New Yorkers into eating healthier.
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The Montgomery County Council unanimously approved a ban on partially hydrogenated oils in restaurants, supermarket bakeries and delis yesterday, becoming the first county in the nation to restrict artery-clogging trans fats.
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In a move affecting the cooking of more than 6 million pounds of french fries a year, Marriott International is eliminating frying oil containing trans fats from its more than 2,300 hotels throughout the United States and Canada.
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The New York City Board of Health voted unanimously yesterday to require the city's roughly 20,000 restaurants to stop cooking with trans fats, making New York the first major U.S. city to adopt such a ban.
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Darden Restaurants Inc., parent of the Red Lobster and Olive Garden restaurant chains, on Wednesday became the latest U.S. restaurant company to say it will switch to using frying oils free of artery-clogging trans fats.
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Health nuts, food lovers and the worldwide restaurant industry are closely watching the Big Apple, where the board of health is poised to approve the nation's first ban on trans fats.
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Target Corp is cutting out trans fats in its Archer Farms private label foods, the company said on Friday, joining a trend by food companies to remove the artery-clogging fat that has been part of foods such as chips and cakes.
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New York City's board of health on Tuesday voted to phase out most artificial transfats from restaurants, forcing doughnut shops and fast-food stands to remove artery-clogging oils from their cooking.
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In New York City, street vendors sell goat-meat tacos, sour-plum slushes, mini egg rolls, chocolate egg creams and crepes -- and that just covers the food. In the District, the choice often comes down to hot dogs and handbags.
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Business & money: Oil breaks through the $100 a barrel barrier in New York, in fresh blow to consumers and businesses
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Many in the restaurant industry say they fear that they will not be able to replicate dishes that now exceed the limit on trans fats.