FOOD REGULATIONS
so a while back thanks to the CSPI we had our fats in fast food replaced with trans fats, which were terribly unhealthy, and then vegetable fats, which were substantially less unhealthy. all in an effort to move fast food in some crazed vegan direction.
what i want to know is, with all the regulation cuts coming in, can we get our restaurants back on track by allowing them to fry in delicious, nutritious, saturated fats like beef tallow?
Posted Mar 18, 2017, 5:21 AM UTC · locked
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I'm confused here. So I looked up beef tallow and FDA regs and it doesn't seem to be a prohibited food item. I can buy it on amazon. Is this a state/local issue or purely a supply issue? From five minute research (not the best I know) it seems that this item is not federally prohibited as it is used at some restaurants. It seems like more of a cultural thing.
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Iirc, McDonalds and other fast food places stopped using it when I was a kid back in the 90s as a health concious thing, not because of regulations. I'll look for a link.
This talks about it. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/03/05/the-trouble-with-fries