date:Aug 12, 2015
A trade association has petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve low-level uses of partially hydrogenated oil (PHO) in certain foods.
The food additive petition was filed a few months after FDA finalized its determination that PHOs, the main sources of artificial trans fat, are not safe. Food manufacturers must remove PHOs from their products by June 2018.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) is seeking to persuade the FDA that there is a reasonable certainty of