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  Bucking intense restaurant industry opposition, New York City has  banned all added trans fats in restaurant food. The ban was passed  by the city's Board of Health on December 6, 2006, and takes  effective in July 2007. Donut makers get a one-year reprieve in  order to find time to find a substitute fat for the deep-fried dough. The board's action also included a requirement that fast food  restaurants post nutritional information. "We're not trying to take  away anybody's ability to go out and have the kind of food they want  in the quantities they want," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He said  that health department estimates show that the ban on hydrogenated  oils could save hundreds of lives annually. Dan Fleshler, spokesman  for the National Restaurant Association responded, "We're deeply disappointed. We would prefer to do this voluntarily. Restaurants  have been moving on their own in response to customer demand and  eliminating trans fats." The Center for Consumer Freedom, a national  front group for the restaurant and beverage industry, had vigorously  fought the ban and immediately issued a statement headlined "Are  Calories Next?", calling the ban "unprecedented in its paternalistic  scope."
SOURCE: New York Daily News, December 6, 2006