NYC bans trans fats

[Emu]

I don't think it's really about them telling us what we can and can't eat. If NYC or whothehellever said you couldn't eat specific foods because they have trans fats in them, then yeah, I'd be pissed, because that IS telling you what you can and can't eat. But they're not doing that. They're changing the recipes and the forumulas to MAKE the food in order to get rid of an agent in the food that's known to be harmful, and moreover, unnecessary.

Like, you wouldn't say that the government's telling you what you can and can't drink by enforcing laws that require that the lead in your drinking water can't exceed a certain amount. The lead fulfills the same criteria as the trans fats. They're unnecessary, dangerous, and don't need to be there.