Government
Dear President Obama: Please Ban Plastic Bags
The administration has moved to ban trans fats. Single-use bags should be next.
The food industry’s got three years to phase trans fats out of the American diet, thanks to a new decision from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Trans fats were already on their way out, of course. In recent years, since lawmakers and litigators started taking aim at partially hydrogenated oils (mmm….), the industry’s reliance on trans fats has declined by 85 percent. The Obama administration’s latest action only hastens their exit.