What? No Fries?

Doughnuts in danger? NYC may ban trans fats
Health officials unveil proposal to bar substance in restaurants

Kim Walker / AP file
New York City health officials have proposed a ban on artificial trans fats that can be found in foods like doughnuts and french fries.

NEW YORK - 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.
The city health department unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would bar cooks at any of the city’s 24,600 food service establishments from using ingredients that contain the artery-clogging substance, commonly listed on food labels as partially hydrogenated oil.

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