FDA takes action against trans fat in food

June 16, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review FDA, FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, food manufacturers, partially hydrogenated oils, PHOs, processed foods, Stephen Ostroff, Susan Mayne, trans fat Leading Headlines, Supplier News

WASHINGTON — To eliminate trans fat in processed foods, the Food and Drug Administration has called on food manufacturers to remove partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) from products over the next three years. The FDA said Tuesday that, following “a thorough review of the scientific evidence,” it has concluded that PHOs — the primary dietary source