Tyson Foods To Remove Trans Fats
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Springdale-based Tyson Foods says it will
remove trans fats -- a form of fat believed to be particularly
harmful -- from its fully cooked retail products.
The company also said trans fats would be eliminated from
"child nutrition" labeled school food-service products.
The company says the trans fats will be removed over the next
three months from Tyson-brand breaded chicken products, such as
nuggets, patties and tenders. The new products will reach store
shelves in the spring and early summer.
In July, the federal Food and Drug Administration adopted a new
rule that will require trans fat content to be listed on food
labels containing trans fat. The rule will not become effective,
however, until 2006, to allow food processors to use up current
stocks and to avoid high costs to manufacturers from a sudden
requirement for massive relabeling.
