Following the lead of locations as diverse as 丹麦 和 纽约市, 不列颠哥伦比亚省 将 在加拿大全国率先限制使用 反式脂肪 在餐馆.

餐厅, 德里, cafeterias, 教育机构, health care institutions, 学校, special events, and bakeries — 亦即, all food services establishments that require a permit to operate in B.C. — must comply with this new regulation 九月 30, 2009.

据 公元前. 卫生部健康生活及体育, the regulation restricts the trans fat content of oils and margarines to two per cent of total fat and of all other foods to five per cent of its total fat content.

该 温哥华太阳报 有 comments from local restaurateurs 这里.

加拿大的其他地区, 城市 卡尔加里 had previously instituted a similar trans fat ban, 历时效果 2008. Canada was also the first country in the world to require trans fat content labeling on packaged foods.

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