FDA Expected To “All But Ban” Trans Fat.

reported that the FDA “is expected to all but ban trans fat” as soon as next week, a move beyond the current 85 percent reduction implemented over the past decade. In response, food industry leaders “have banded together behind -the-scenes to craft a food additive petition that will ask FDA to allow some uses of partially hydrogenated oils” in “very limited amounts.” An outright ban will likely “pose significant technical and economic challenges,” due to the “hundreds of minor and often highly-technical uses in products.”