Baltimore Hands Out First Trans Fat Citation (food facility named Healthy Choice)

[The Straight Story]

Baltimore Hands Out First Trans Fat Citation


BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore City Health Department issued its first environmental citation for repeat violations of the city's trans fat ban.

The Health Department issued Healthy Choice, a food facility in the 400 block of Lexington Street, a $100 fine on Thursday.

"It was the second time they were found with a high trans fat level in their ingredients," said Health Department agent Juan Gutierrez.

Officials said that during inspections in July and this month, the facility was found to be using a margarine product with trans fat levels in excess of what the law allows.

The law banning food facilities from serving or selling non-prepackaged food items containing 0.5 grams or more of trans fats went into effect in September 2009.

http://www.wbaltv.com/r/25508790/detail.html

[ixion]

1. I feel the same way about this that I feel about drugs, smoking, etc

people ought to be able to choose. If people want to eat garbage, they should be well-within their right to do so.

[SoCalDem]

2. How about when, after a lifetime of eating that shit, they need medicaid

(your tax dollars) to help them pay for their diabetes meds or for the amputations, or the bypass surgery?

[hobbit709]

3. Breathing SoCal air will destroy your lungs-where do you draw the line.

[SoCalDem]

5. lines are everywhere and nowhere

personal and public responsibility "intersect" all the time:)

[hobbit709]

8. Who are you to tell me what to do?

I'm against the Morality Police in all it's variations.

Notice that these types never want to stop themselves from doing what they think they shouldn't. They always want to stop YOU from doing what THEY deem wrong.

[SoCalDem]

11. Calm down.. eat whatever you want.. Personally, I don't care one bit

start with a chill pill :rofl:

[hobbit709]

15. My one rule is: Don't sweat the small shit.

Big shit defined as anything that puts you in immediate danger. The idea of me needing a chill pill would make anyone that knows me be ROFLTAO.

[The Straight Story]

4. How about dirving and the fumes it spews? If we map everything to health care

Then by your logic we should all submit to near total control of our bodies for $$$ - say, do you feel the same about abortion? Or is that a 'your body your choice' issue? People either believe in that principle or they don't.

[Ginto]

6. How about after a lifetime of drug use? Eating white bread? Eating refined sugar?

Eating fried chicken?

[SoCalDem]

7. :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9412188&mesg_id=9412305

[ixion]

9. There are all sorts of things that are unhealthy for you.. how about stress?

That's the biggest killer of all, yet I don't see anything in our society geared towards alleviating that in the name of good health.

I understand your point, but I think it's a moot point at the end of the day, given all the things in the world that can kill you, some faster than others.

[SoCalDem]

14. yep..from day-one , we are all on that conveyor belt

adulterated factory-food is one thing that could be "cured" though:) We used to have real food...

can't do a lot about the air or the stress, but individually we can have some control over our food:)..for now at least..

[ixion]

18. fair enough... but legislating that doesn't work. All it does it turn trans fat food into

a black market commodity.

I'm a firm believer in social reformation through education. Teach people how to eat well, and why that's good for them. The ones who don't eat well never would, anyway.

[kctim]

10. And the war on choice continues.

[AlabamaLibrul]

12. Well that's ironic. n/t

[Ron Green]

13. NANNY STATE! NANNY STATE! NANNY STATE1

:sarcasm:

[Mimosa]

16. Real butter has some transfats

What a ridiculous law. I'm assuming the use of real butter would be penalised as well.

[ensho]

17. good on Baltimore

nt