Health Board in New York is reported to be all set with the approval of the first Trans fat ban in the New York city, with a slight probability of relaxing the original time limit given to the restaurants and food chains to chuck out Trans fats. Facts provide that the 24,000 restaurants in New York have apparently put up a proposal for extending the given timeline of six months to replace cooking oils and shortening and 18 months to eliminate trans fats.
Doubtless that the decision of removing trans fats means more than switching to healthier ingredients, but food chains like McDonalds have taken more than 3 years to give a commitment on a healthy oil switch, with Wendy’s, KFC and Taco Bell already up with their new oils along with the consent of their consumers.
The bottom-line that has to be understood by the restaurateurs and food chains is that the trans fats issue is not new and the rise in signs of bad cholesterol would in case motivated the health board to call it an end through a ban.
However, if the health board relaxes the timeline the restaurants have to gear-up themselves to serve fast foods with alternative ingredients to saturated fats or change their menu to healthier fast foods. In any case retsurants do not have much choice to face the penalty if they do not come up with healthier alternatives within the timeline.
