CSPI formallypetitions FDA to

require trans fat tobe listed on

Nutrition Factslabels

1993

Artificial Trans Fat: A Timeline

Key milestones in a 25-year-long campaign to getartificial trans fat out of the food supply

CSPI Petition:

Nutrition FactsCSPI Urges

FDA to Label

CSPI first urgesFDA to requirelabeling of trans

fat

FDA proposesthat NutritionFacts labels list

trans fat content

FDA  Proposal

        The Instituteof Medicine

recommends thatpeople consume

as little trans fat aspossible

Limit  Trans Fat

FDA Ruling

      FDA finalizesits rule requiringNutrition Facts

labels list trans fatby 2006

CSPI Petition:

Ban Trans

   CSPI petitionsFDA to prohibit the

use of partiallyhydrogenated oils

Mandatory Labeling

Trans fat labelingbecomes mandatoryon Nutrition Facts

labels

NYC Ban

        CSPI workswith New York Cityto make it the first

city to removePHOs fromrestaurants

California Ban

        CSPI workswith advocates inCA to make it the

first state to removePHOs fromrestaurants

Product

Reformulation CSPI & Harvard study

finds foodmanufacturers

replacing trans fatwith healthier fats

CDC Study

Study showsdeclines in trans fat

consumption

          Long JohnSilver's announces itwill remove trans fat

after CSPI called its BigCatch meal the worst

restaurant meal inAmerica

Big Catch

FDA Determination

             FDAannounces preliminary

determination thatPHO is no longer 

“generally recognizedas safe” (GRAS)

FDA Final Ruling

FDA declares thatPHO is not GRAS;industry has three

years forreformulation

 CSPI's decades of advocacy and research paid off.Artificial trans fat is eliminated in the food supply. 

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