Source: Elaine Watson, FOOD NAVIGATOR, 6/22/15

While the FDA has given the food industry until June 2018 to phase out partially hydrogenated oils, its June 16 final determination that PHOs are not GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) has given plaintiff's attorneys ammunition for a new wave of class action lawsuits on trans fats, says one legal commentator.

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