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Ban on trans fats in city restaurants to be proposed to Council this week.
Byline: Brian Meyer
Jan. 17--Buffalo restaurants would be banned from using trans fats under a law that will be proposed this week by the city's newest Common Council member. Eating establishments that use artificial fats are harming people's health, Demone A. Smith of the Masten District said Tuesday as lawmakers met with a group that is lobbying for the ban. "It's like eating plastic," Smith said of trans fats, which are partially hydrogenated fats. The local move comes a month after New York City approved a first-in-the-nation ban on artificial fats in restaurants. Last week, an assemblyman from Brooklyn introduced a bill that would outlaw trans fat…
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