Fat outlawed in US town
A Boston suburb has banned ‘fat’ from its hotels, restaurants and cafes.
Chelsea, Massachusetts, claims it will be one of the most fat-free cities in America after it enacted one of the strictest trans fats bans in the US.
This week, it begins implementing a complete ban on trans fats in both packaged and restaurant foods, a move that is far more restrictive than in most other parts of the country where trace amounts of the substance linked to heart disease are often allowed.
Trans fats are made by adding hydrogen to vegetable oil, making the oil less likely to spoil. Trans fats increase bad cholesterol more than other types of fats.
The ban, approved by the Chelsea Board of Health last year, means that all food service establishments must comply with the law, including hotel restaurants, coffee shops, cafeterias, cafes, luncheonettes, grills, delis, tea rooms, sandwich shops, bars, roadside stands and catering kitchens.
Vendors selling food items with trans fats in these locations are now subject to a fine of $100 for the first offense, $250 for the second offense and $500 for any further offenses.
According to the regulation, fines to vendors cannot exceed $10,000 per location during a calendar year.
Chelsea, Massachusetts is not the only US city with a new food law on the books.
In March, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s controversial ban on 16 ounce-or-larger sugary sodas goes into effect in New York City, a move that will impact movie theatres, which regularly sell the jumbo-sized sodas.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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